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COMMON SCHOOL 

Examiner and Review, 

A COLLECTION OP QUESTIONS USED BT 

STATE, COUNTY AND CITY SUPERINTENDENTS 



IN THE EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS; ANSWERED 
IN THE CLEAREST AND BRIEFEST MANNER. 



DESIGNED FOR 

EXAMINEES, TEACHERS, PUPILS AND INSTITUTE 
CONDUCTORS. 



I. H.^IlOWN^, 

Superintendent City Schools, Edwardsville, III.; author of Common School 
Elocution. 



PRICE, ONE DOLLAR. 'J^ 



ST. LOUIS r"^ '^OPWASH^^,^^ 






I. II. BROWN & CO. 

18S4. 






Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1884, by 

1. H. BROWN, 
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 



St. Louis: Press of Nixon Jones Printing Co. 



INDEX. 



Arithmetic, Questions on . 
Arithmetic, Answers to Questions on 
Botanj', Questions on ... • 
Botany, Answers to Questions on 
Civil Government, Questions on 
Civil Government, Answers to Questions on 
Geography, General Questions on . 
Geography, General Answers to Questions on 
Geography, Physical, Questions on . 
Geography, Physical, Answers to Questions 
Grammar, Questions on . 
Grammar, Answers to Questions on 
History of U. S., Questions on . . 

History of U. S., Answers to Questions on 
Orthography, Questions on . . . 
Orthography, Answers to Questions on . 
Penmanship, Questions on . . . 
Penmanship, Answers to Questions on . 
Philosophy, Questions on . 
Philosophy, Answers to Questions on 
Physiology, Questions on . 
Physiology, Answers to Questions on 
Reading, Questions on ... . 
Heading, Answers to Questions on . 
Rules Governing Examinations 
Suggestions by the Author 
Zoologv^ Questions on ... • 
Zoology, Answers to Questions on . 



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COMMON SCHOOL 

EXAMINER AND REVIEW. 



RULES GOVERNING EXAMINATIONS. 

The following rules will give the candidate an idea of the regula- 
tions governin-g examinations in different States, Counties, and 
Cities. 

1. The object of this examination is to ascertain 
your knowledge of the subjects required by law, and 
your ability to present their principles correctly and 
clearly : the result of the examination depends upon 
your success in showing these conditions. 

2. Provide yourself with paper, pens, and ink. 

3. Be prepared to begin each subject at the time 
appointed. 

4. No reference books or notes will be permitted in 
the examination room. 

5 



b RULES GOVERNING EXAMINATIONS. 

5. Do not communicate during the examination in 
any manner with any one except the examiner : the 
papers of those who violate this rule will not be exam- 
ined. 

6. Number and letter your answers to correspond 
with the questions and their subdivisions. 

7. Write in a legible hand : no time can be spent in 
deciphering ambiguous expressions ; — all such will be 
considered as evidence of the writer's inability to spell 
or to use them correctly, and will be charged to his 
spelling and grammar. 

8. Let every answer be clear, definite, and com- 
plete. 

9. Divide your work into paragraphs, so that each 
answer shall stand out prominently. 

10. If you do not understand a question, raise your 
hand for an explanation. 

11. Pass such questions as you cannot answer, leav- 
ing a blank space numbered according to the place it 
occupies. 

12. Ask no indulgences or allowances: such a re- 
quest implies presumptive deficiency. 

13. Absence, except in case of sickness, will debar 
the candidate from examination in the branch of study 
missed. 

14. Fold your completed paper, and write your 
name and subject on the back. [Some examiners re- 
quire the number by which candidates are designated 
to be written on the papers.] 



RULES GOVERNING EXAMINATIONS. 



Suggestions by the Author, 

1. Observe propriety in dress, manner, and behavior: a fop, 
clown, or a boor is out of place in the school room. 

2. Any unfairness in obtaining answers deprives the candidate of 
the first condition required for a certificate — moral character. 
Be above suspicion. 

8. The only favors you should expect will be of the nature of a 
premium for the neatness, order, and promptness you exhibit. 

4. Examine the paper given you, answering mentally the ques- 
tions with which you are familiar before committing anything to 
paper. 

5. Examiners take nothing for granted : be explicit. 

6. Examiners' impressions decide all doubtful answers: they 
reason that what you know you can explain clearly. 

7. Keep your manuscript till it is called for. See tha". It contains 
no errors which you can correct. 

8. The minimum of speech during recesses, will give you the 
maximum of intellectual power when wanted. 

9. To avoid embarrassment, the respiration should be full, deep. 



QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 

1. Define the following terms: (a) Orthography, 
(J) Phonology, (c) Orthoepy, (c?) letter, (e) Elemen- 
tary Sound. 

2. (a) How many elementary sounds docs the Eng- 
lish language contain? (b) How divided? 

3. Name the voice-producing organs. 

4. Name the organs employed in speech. 

5. Into what two classes are letters divided? 

6. Into what classes are the consonants divided ac- 
cording to the organs employed in their production ? 

7. (a) What are sub vocals ? (5) Name them. 

8. (a) What are aspirates? (b) Name them. 

9. Name the consonant combinations. 

10. Define the following terms: (a) cognates, (b) 
liquids, (c) coalescents, (d) explodents, (<?) continu- 
ants. 

11. Name the uses of silent letters. 

12. What is the distinction between the name and 
the power of a letter? 

13. Define the following terms: («) Diphthong, (b) 
Digraph, (c) Trigraph, (d) Syllable, (e) Word, 

8 



QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGKArilY. 9 

14. Classify the letters i in alien, ce in ocean, ti in 
notion ? 

16. When are iv and y vowels? Consonants? 

16. What is syllabication? 

17. How should words be divided at the end of the 
line ? 

18. When is the hyphen most commonly used? 

19. What is the essential part or base of a syl- 
lable? 

20. Why are words divided into syllables? 

21. Define orthographic synthesis and analysis. 

22. What faculties does the exercise of spelling 
chiefly tend to cultivate? 

23. How are words classified with regard to the 
number of s^ilables they contain? 

24. (a) How are words classified according to their 
formation? {b) Define the classes. 

25. (a) Define accent. (6) What two kinds? (c) 
Tell how each is denoted and where it is commonly 
placed. (cZ) State what effect a change of accent may 
produce. 

26. (a) What are the significant parts of many de- 
rivative words? (b) Define each. 

27. What is the usual office of Prefixco and Suffixes 
respectively? 

28. In the change of prefixes applied to certain de- 
rivative words for the sake of euphony or analogy, 
what is the usual practice ? 

29. INIention some elementary sounds which have no 
single character to represent them. 



10 QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 

30. Under what circumstances is a word formed 
by prefixes or suffixes primitive ? 

31. (a) Which letters have no sound of their own? 
(5) Which letters are never silent? (c) When is wi 
silent? (cZ) When is final £» silent ? (e) What would 
be the result if final e was not silent? 

32. State the relative advantages of oral and written 
spelling as a drill exercise. 

33. With the w^ord incomprehensibility^ show the 
proper application of the terms penult, antepenult, 
etc. 

34. What sounds has ^A? Give sounds illustrating 
each. 

35. What advantage arises from a knowledge of the 
rules for the duplication of consonants ? 

36. State and illustrate the rules for doubling the 
final consonant of words receiving a suffix beginning 
with a vowel. 

37. {a) Into what is final y preceded by a consonant 
usually changed upon receiving a suffix? (6) What 
occurs when the final y is preceded by a vowel? 

38. Give rules for the spelling of words derived 
from radicals ending in silent e. 

39. State a rule for spelling words derived from 
radicals ending with a double letter. 

40. Give an orthographic analysis of the word dis- 
contentment. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 11 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 

1. (a) Orthography is the art of writing words with 
the proper letters according to common usage, (b) 
Phonology is the science of uttering the elementary 
sounds, (c) Orthoepy is the art of uttering words 
with propriety, (d) A letter is the least distinct part 
of a written word representing one or more elemen- 
tary sounds, (e) An elementary sound is the simplest 
sound of a language uttered by a single impulse of 
voice. 

2. (a) The English language contains forty-four 
elementary sounds. . (b) They are divided into vocals, 
subvocals and aspirates. 

3. Abdominal and Tlioracic Muscles, the Dia- 
phragm, the Thorax, the Pleura, the Lungs, the 

Trachea and the Larynx. 

4. The Lips, Teeth, Tongue, Palate and Nasal 
organs assisted by the respiratory organs. 

6. Letters are divided into vowels and consonants. 

6. Labials, or lip sounds; Linguals, or tongue 
sounds; Lingua-Dentals, or tongue-teeth-sounds ; Lin- 
gua-Nasals, or tongue-nose-sounds; Palato-Nasals, or 
palate-nose sounds, and Palatals. 

7. (a) Subvocals are those sounds produced by the 
voice modified by the speech organs, (b) The sub- 
vocals are: Labials, b, v, w, m ; Lingua-Dentals, d, th, 
j, z^ zh; Linguals, l,r; Lingua-Nasal, n; Palato-Nasal, 
ng ; Palatals, g andy. 



12 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 

8. (a) Aspirates are mere breathings modified by 
the speech organs, (b) The aspirates are: Labials,^, 
/*, ivh; Lingua-Dentals, ty th, chy s, sh; Palatals, k, 
and h. 

9. The consonant combinations are: ch, gh^ jphy 
shy thy wh, and ng, 

10. {a) Cognates are sounds formed by the same 
organs in different positions, {h) Liquids are such 
sounds as flow readily into other sounds, (c) Coales- 
cents unite freely with other sounds. (cZ) Explodents 
are such sounds as do not admit of prolongation, (e) 
Continuants are sounds which are capable of an indefi- 
nite prolongation. 

11. Silent letters are used first, to modify the sounds 
of other letters, and second, to show the origin or defi- 
nition of words. 

12. The name of a letter is the term by which it is 
known ; the power of a letter is the elementary sound 
it represents. 

13. A Diphthong is the union of two vowel sounds 
in the same syllable ; as, oUy oiOy o^, and oy. (b) A 
Digraph is the union of two vowels in the same sylla- 
ble, one of which is silent; as, ai,aOy aUy etc. (c) A 
Trigraph is the union of three vowels in the same 
syllable, not all of which are sounded; as, ieu in lieu, 
(d) A syllable is a sound or a combination of sounds 
produced by a single vocal impulse, (e) A Word is 
a syllable or a combination of syllables used as the sign 
of an idea. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 13 

14. The i in alien is a substitute for y, and is there- 
fore a consonant, subvocal, palatal. In ocean and 
notion, ceand ti are substitutes for sh^ and are conso- 
nant, aspirate, lingua-dentals. 

15. When lo and y represent u and i they are vowels ; 
they are consonants when they precede a vowel in the 
same syllable. 

16. Syllabication is the correct division of words 
into syllables. 

17. Words should be divided at the end of a line by 
syllables only. 

18. Between recently compounded words ; between 
syllables at the end of the line ; between syllables to 
show more clearly their pronunciation. 

19. The vowel. There is an apparent exception in 
the second syllable of such words as table, castle, 
muscle. 

20. To assist in their pronunciation. 

21. Synthesis is the process of combining elemen- 
tary sounds. Analysis is the process of separating a 
syllable or word into its elementary sounds. 

22. The faculties of memory, observation and dis- 
crimination. 

23. As MonosTjUahles, one syllable ; Dlssj/Uables, 
two syllables; Trisyllables, three syllables: Poly- 
syllables, many syllables. 

24. (a) Into Simple and Compound, Primitive 
and Derivative, (b) 1st. A Simple word is one which 
is not formed by uniting two or more words; as, son^ 
father. 



14 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 

2nd. A Compound word is formed of two or more 
simple words; as, son-in-law , father-in-laio , 

3rd. A Primitive word is one not formed from any 
other word in the same language ; as, man, rain, 

4th. A Derivative word is one formed by joining 
to a primitive word some letter or syllable to modify 
its meaning ; as, manly, raining, 

25. (a) Accent is a marked stress applied to some 
particular syllable, (h) Certain words have two ac- 
cents, viz., a primary and a secondary, (c) The pri- 
mary is the more forcible, and, in words having more 
than one accent, usually follows the secondary. The 
primary is denoted thus ('), the secondary, thus ("), 
as in"-com-pat-i bil'-i-ty. (cZ) A change of accent 
sometimes changes the meaning of a word ; as, Au ' gust, 
the month, and au gust', majestic ; sometimes a difiPer- 
ent part of speech is indicated by a change of accent ; 
as, in 'suit, the noun, in suit', the verb. 

26 . ( a ) Eoots , prefixes , and suffixes . ( 5 ) The Koot 
is that part of a derivative word modified by a prefix 
or a suffix. A Prefix is that part of a derivative word 
which is placed before the root. A suffix is that part 
of a derivative word which is placed after the root. 

27. Prefixes modify the meaning of a primitive 
word; while Suffixes, in addition, usually determine 
its part of speech. Ex. — /7?2proper, not proper, an 
adjective. Property, in a proper manner, an adverb. 

28. The last letter of the prefix must often be the 
same as the first letter of the root, as, cor-rect, instead 
of co-rect. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 15 

29. The sounds represented by the following combin- 
ations; oi, ou, oy, oiv, ng, th, ch (soft), sh, zh. 

30. When by the addition of prefixes or suffixes the 
meaning of both root and prefix or suffix is changed, 
the word remains primitive; as, re and pi^oof in the 
word reproof, which is a primitive word. 

31. (a) (7, a;, and q. (b) F,j,q,r,x,v,z. (c) 
In mnemonics, (d) When preceded by another vowel 
in the same syllable; as, mate, tape, rice, ride, (e) 
An additional syllable would be formed. 

32. The exercise of oral spelling in young children 
cultivates a clear, distinct, and energetic articulation, 

-and a readiness of speech. Written spelling fixes the 
forms of words in the mind and gives practice in writ- 
ing. 

33. The last syllable (ty) is the ultima. The last 
but one (i) is the penult. The last but two (bil) is the 
antepenult. The last but three (si) is the preante- 
penult. 

34. Aspirate as in thin, and subvocal as in thine. 

35. By an examination of the word we may deter- 
mine whether the final consonant should be doubled or 
not. 

36. Monosyllables and other words accented on the 
last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by 
a single vowel, double their final consonant before a 
suffix that begins with a vowel ; as, spot, — spotted, 
begin,- — beginning. 

37. (a) The final y of a radical word when pre- 
ceded by a consonant, is generally changed to i 
upon the addition of a suffix ; as, try, — trial, happy, — 



16 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ORTHOGRAPHY. 

happiness, (b) Ji the final y is preceded by a vowel 
the y remains unchanged upon receiving a suffix; as, 
buy, — buyer, glory, — glorying. 

38. 1st. Final e of the radical word is rejected when 
the suffix begins with a vow^el, except in words ending 
in ce and ge; as, moving, peaceable. 

2nd. Final e of a radical w^ord is usually retained 
when the suffix begins with a consonant, as, in hope, — 
hopeless, move, — movement. 

Exceptions. — Awful, judgment, truly, wholly, 
abridgment , acknowledgment. 

39. Words ending in a double letter preserve it 
double in their derivatives unless the syllable affixed 
begins with the same letter ; as, seeing, skillful. 

40. Discontentment is a simple derivative polys}^- 
lable of four syllables, accented primarily on the third 
syllable, and secondarily on the first, derived from 
content. Content, the radical, is modified, first by the 
prefix disy meaning not, and, second, by the suffix 
ment, meaning state of being. The word signifies ** the 
state of being discontented.''^ 

d is aconsonant-subvocal-lingua-dental. 

i is a vowel, short sound, the base of first syl- 
lable. 

s Is a consonant-aspirate-lingua-dental, normal 

sound. 

c is a substitute for k, a consonant-aspirate-pala- 
tal. 

o is a vowel, short obscure sound, base of second 

syllable. 

n is a consonant-sub vocal -lingua-nasal. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OX ORTHOGRAPHY. 



17 



t is a consonant-aspirate-lingua-dental. 

e is a vowel, short sound, base of third syllable. 

n is a consonant-snb vocal-lingua-nasal. 

t is a consonant-aspirate-lingua-dental. 

m is a consonant-sub vocal-labial. 

e is a vowel, short obscure sound, base of fourth 

syllable, n and t same as n and t above. 

Some of the following words have been found in 
nearly every list examined. The candidate who as- 
pires to a creditable standing in spelling should master 
the list. 



gauge 


nonpareil 


mullein 


sadducee 


guerrilla 


indelible 


lachrymal 


Pleiades 


apostasy 


Pentateuch 


camomile 


gherkin 


bicycle " 


mnemonics 


inoculate 


plebeian 


bowie-knife 


apocalj'pse 


isosceles 


apocrypha 


caisson 


idios3mcrasy 


caoutchouc 


dishabille 


euchre 


plagiarism 


purslain 


pusillanimous 


elecampane 


surcingle 


bachanalian 


scirrhus 


exchequer 


mademoiselle 


anachronism 


scarify 


ghoul 


initiation 


corpuscle 


balustrade 


fusillade 


mayoralty 


chenille 


titillation 


cynical 


rescission 


corypheus 


superannuated 


inflammatory 


Pyrrhonism 


aphyllous 


syzygy 


cuirassier 


harelipped 


saccharine 


panacea 


porphyry 


milUonaire 


cavalier 


hypocritical 


paraphernalia 


sanatory 


millennium 


deguerreian 


whimsey 


alpaca 


stadtholder 


mammalia 


exhilarate 


meerschaum 


colonelcy 


sibylhne 


novitiate 


terrify 


hygiene 


holly-hock 


vicissitude 


beleaguer 


labyrinth 


secession 



QUESTIONS ON READING. 

1. (a) How many and what kinds of reading arc 
there? (5) What is the purpose of each ? (c)and(c?) 
Name at least ^ve requisites for each kind of reading. 

2. Define Reading as an Art. 

3. What is Elocution? 

4. Why is Eeading less effectively taught in our 
schools than some other branches ? 

5. State how Reading may be taught so as to secure 
results commensurate with the time it usually receives. 

6. Upon what is voice dependent? 

7. How can a clear, full, flexible voice be secured? 

8. Give a description of the pupil's position while 
reading. 

9. Explain the Word Method of teaching Reading. 

10. What is the Phonic Method of teaching Read- 
ing? State its distinctive purpose. 

11. Describe the Sentence Method of teaching Read 
ing. 

12. Is it possible for a poor reader to teach reading ? 
If so, to what extent? 

13. What is Articulation? 
18 



QUESTIONS ON BEADING. 19 

14. How can a distinct and correct articulation be 
acquired ? 

15. Name the Essential Elements of vocal ex- 
pression, and tell why called essential elements. 

16. Define the term Resonance as used in Reading. 

17. What is Quality of Voice? 

18. Into what two classes may quality be divided? 
What does each embrace ? 

19. Define the following: (a) Pure Tone, (b) 
Orotund, (c) Plaintive, (b) Pectoral, (e) Guttural. 

20. How does the quality of voice determine the 
emotions of the speaker? 

21. What classes of sentiment are expressed by the 
following Voice Qualities : Pure Tone, Orotund, Plain- 
tive, Pectoral, Guttural, Aspirate? 

22. What is meant by Force in Reading? 

23. What relation does Stress bear to Force? 

24. Define Pitch, and state its natural divisions. 
23. AVhat does the term Compass mean? 

26. Define Movement, and name its divisions. 

27. What is meant by the term Quantity? 

28. AVhat terms are commonly employed to desig- 
nate the different kinds of Stress ? 

29. Explain the difference between Slides and 
Waves. 

30. Define Slur. 

31. What is Emphasis? How is it effected? 

32. State the difference between Absolute and 
Antithetic Emphasis. 



20 QUESTIONS ON READING. 

33. What is meant by Cadence? 

34. Give a general rule for the use of the Downward 
Slide. 

35. Give a general rule for the use of the Upward 
Slide. 

36. State the general law governing the use of 
Waves. 

37. (a) What is Personation? (h) What does it re- 
quire ? 

38. What IS meant by Monotone? 

39. State the difference between grammatical and 
rhetorical pauses. 

40. (a) What is a Climax? (6) IIow should it be 
read ? 

41. What is Transition ? 

42. (a) What is a Series? (b) How many kinds ? 

43. What is Modulation ? 

44. Explain the term Grouping as applied to Read- 
ing. 

45. How is Slide sometimes affected by emjDhasis? 

46. Define a Parenthetical Clause, and state how it 
should be read. 

47. («•) What physical habits ought a pupil to form 
from reading aloud? (b) What bad physical habits 
may be formed in reading classes under poor teachers ? 

48. What are the chief objects to be attained in the 
study and practice of reading? 

49. Describe the style of reading which may be 
considered in the highest degree excellent. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING. 21 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING. 

1. (a) Two: Silent, or Intellectual, and Audible, or 
Oral, (b) The apprehension of the thought and the ex- 
pression of the thought. 

(c) For Silent Readmg. (d) For Audible Reading. 

Quick Perception. All Required for Silent Reading. 

Keen Discernment. Respiratory Command. 

Clear Conception. Distinct Articulation. 

Vivid Imagination. Imitative Power. 

Good Taste and Judgment. Command of Voice. 

Expressive Action. 
Correct Personal Habits. 

2. Reading as an art is the interpretation and ex- 
pression of thought, sentiment, and emotion as pres- 
ented in written or printed composition. 

3. Elocution is the expression of thought, emotion, 
and passion by all the organs of the body, in an easy, 
graceful, and effective manner. 

4. First, for the want of skill among teachers. 
Second, the absence of a definite standard of excellence 
in reading. Third, the lack of interest among pupils 
in the matter contained in their books. 

6. The teacher should arouse the interest of pupils 
by first reading the lesson properly and effectively 
before the class, and then by skillfully questioning 
the pupils, concentrate their attention upon the thought 
and its expression. 

6. Upon a proper and sufficient supply of air. 



22 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING. 



7. By a daily and systematic exercise in Kespiration, 
Articulation, and Waves. 

8. Book in left hand, thumb and little finger in 
front; first, second, and third fingers at the back of the 

book ; the elbow not touching 
the side. The book should 
be held in such a manner that 
a line drawn from the eyes 
toward the page would inter- 
sect the plane of the book at 
rio-ht ans^les. The full face 
of the pupil should be seen 
by the teacher. The weight 
of the body should be sup- 
ported, lohile reading, on 
BOTH feet, the left heel two 
or three inches in advance of 
the hollow of the right foot. 
The chest should be elevated 
and expanded, the position 
erect and easy. 

9. TheWord Method con- 
sists in recognizing words as 
wholes without reference to 
the letters of which they are 

THE reader's position, composcd. 

10. The Phonic Method consists in uttering each ele- 

mentary sound of words with exaggerated distinctness. 

Its purpose is to cultivate the speech organs rather 

than to give facility in distinguishing words. 




ANS^VERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING. 23 

11. The Sentence Method consists in presenting an 
entire sentence as the unit of thou2:ht without refer- 
ence to the words of which it is composed. 

12. It is possible to the same extent that dancing, 
singing, fencing, etc., may be taught by a tyro in those 
arts. 

13. Articulation is the utterance of the sounds of a 
lanoTiao;e. 

14. Spell by sound with decided force and distinct- 
ness such words as contain many unharmonious sounds ; 
as, peremptory, legible, mangled'^sf, obligatory . 

15. Quality, Force, Stress, Pitch, and Movement 
are called Essential Elements, because they are found 
in the utterance of every sentence. 

16. Resonance in reading me ans the location whence 
the sound appears to come. 

17. Quality of Voice is the nature, character or kind 
of tone used. 

18. Normal and Abnormal Qualities. The Normal 
qualities are Pure Tone and Orotund. The Abnormal 
qualities are Plaintive, Pectoral, Guttural, Aspirate, 
Nasal, and Falsetto. 

19. (a) The Pure Tone is a clear, smooth, musical 
tone free from any aspiration or harshness, (b) The 
Orotund is the Pure Tone deepened and intensified to 
its utmost magnitude, with the resonance in the chest, 
(c) The Plaintive is a thin, feeble tone, with the reso- 
nance in the forward part of the mouth, {d) The 
Pectoral is a rough, harsh, husky, hollow tone resem- 
bling the Orotund, {e) The Guttural is a grating, 



24 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING. 

rattling, discordant sound produced by a rigid com- 
pression of the muscles of the throat. 

20. Different qualities arise from the ever changing 
sentiments that animate the human mind, and the 
varied physical conditions to which the body is con- 
stantly subjected. 

21. The Pure Tone is employed to express solemn, 
serious, tranquil, narrative, descriptive, and didactic 
thought. 

The Orotund is used to express earnest, bold, grand, 
and lofty thought and emotions of grandeur, rever- 
ence, and sublimity. 

The Plaintive Quality expresses feebleness, exhaus- 
tion, languor, and affectation. 

The Pectoral is used to express sorrow, dread, 
solemnity, awe, remorse. 

The Guttural indicates fierce anger, hatred, con- 
tempt, scorn, loathing, malice, detestation. 

The Aspirate is used in the expression of secrecy, 
surprise, fear, caution, and expiring life. 

22. Force is the degree of energy with which sound 
is sent forth from the vocal organs. It is not 
loudness. 

23. Stress is the application of force to some par- 
ticular part of a syllable or word. It is not accent. 
Accent includes the entire syllable. 

24. Pitch is the degree of elevation or depression of 
sound. Its natural divisions are Middle, High, Low. 

25. Compass is the range of voice above and below 
the Kev-note. 



AMSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING. 25 

26. Movement is the degree of rapidity with which 
sounds are uttered in continued discourse. Its divi- 
sions are Moderate, Kapid, Slow. 

27. Quantity is the time occupied in the utterance 
of single syllables or words ; its divisions are Medium, 
Long and Short. 

28. Eadical, Median, Final, Compound, Thorough, 
and Intermittent. 

29. Slides, sometimes termed Inflections, are 
changes of pitch either upward or downward on a single 
sound. Waves are compound movements of voice, 
embracing sometimes combinations of several slides. 

30. Slur is a smooth, rapid and subdued movement 
of voice over certain phrases and clauses of less im- 
portance than others with which they stand associated. 

31. Emphasis is the peculiar utterance of words, 
phrases, and clauses which renders them specially sig- 
nificant or prominent. It is effected by a change of 
Quality, Force, Stress, Pitch or Movement from the 
prevailing element. 

32. Absolute Emphasis makes prominent some word 
or phrase regardless of its relation to other ideas con- 
tained in the sentence ; while Antithetic Emphasis ex- 
presses a contrast between two or more ideas. 

33. Cadence is a general lowering of pitch, indi- 
cating the close of a sentence. 

34. The Downward Slide is employed in sentences 
denoting (1) completeness of thought, (2) determina- 
tion, (3) certainty, (4) positive and decisive declara- 
tion, (5) emphatic declaration. 



26 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING. 

35. The Upward Slide is employed in sentences de- 
noting (1) incompleteness of thought, (2) indifference, 
(3) uncertainty, 4 doubt, (5^ contingency, (6) 
negation. 

36. The Waves, of which there are nearly two 
hundred varieties, are used in the expression of con- 
trast, double meaning, insinuation, wit, jest, drollery, 
irony, sarcasm, sneer, and contempt. 

37. (a) Personation consists in representing the 
peculiarities of two or more persons in speaking. (6) 
The skillful personation of different characters requires 
a careful study of their peculiar temperaments, condi- 
tions, and circumstances, and the application of the 
appropriate vocal and facial expression. 

38. The Monotone consists in the utterance of 
several successive words with the same elements, as 
quality, force, stress, pitch, and movement. 

39. Grammatical pauses are the punctuation marks 
used to denote the grammatical relation of words and 
sentences, thus enabling the reader to understand 
the same; while rhetorical pauses are temporary 
suspensions of voice used to give effect to ex- 
pression. 

40. (a) A Climax is a sentence or a succession of 
sentences so arranged that each idea rises in impor- 
tance, force, or dignity above that which precedes it. 
(h) It should be read with a gradual increase of inten- 
sity of all the vocal elements. 

41. Transition is a change in the manner of ex- 
pression in obedience to the change of sentiment. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING. 27 

42. (a) A Series is a succession of particulars hav- 
ing the same grammatical construction, (b) There 
are two kinds : the Commencinof and the Concludino*. 

43. Modulation is the ready and perfect adaptation 
of the appropriate elements of speech to the sentiments 
designed to be conveyed. 

44. Grouping is the skillful arrangement of words, 
phrases, and sentences, with regard to the elements 
employed in their delivery, into such groups as shall 
render their meaning clear, pleasing, and effective. 

45. Words having the Upward Slide sometimes re- 
ceive the Downward Slide when emphasized. 

46. A Parenthetic Clause is one thrown in to ex- 
plain, or it expresses something said aside from the 
general discourse. It should be read with a lower 
pitch and a more rapid movement than the other parts 
of the composition. 

47. (a) A distinct articulation, correct respiration, 
control of voice, and graceful attitudes and action. 
(b) Careless articulation, unpleasant tones, and un- 
gainly attitudes. 

48. To develop the power of grasping thought and 
to secure proper oral expression of written language. 

49. That reading which inspires the hearer with 
emotions similar to those sensations one experienoes 
while listening to the skillful recital of interesting 
events witnessed by the narrator, may be considered 
** excellent." 



QUESTIONS ON PENMANSHIP. 

I. What are the principal positions at the desk ? 

. Describe the correct manner of holding the pen ? 

3. What movements are employed in penmanship? 

4. Which of the various movements are regarded 
best for general business purposes ? 

5. What should be the Urst lesson in writing with a 
pen? 

6. Explain the following terms used in writing: (a) 
Base line, (b) Head line, (c) Intermediate line, (d) 
Top line, (e) Space. 

7. (a) Define Main Slant, (6) Connective Slant. 

8. From what authority is derived the Main and 
Connective Slants. 

9. What is the unit for measurinoj the heiojht and 
width of letters ? 

10. (a.) How many principles are employed in the 
Spencerian System (or any other with Avhich you may 
be familiar) in writing? (b.) Give their descriptive 
names. 

II. How should the paper be placed upon the desk 
while writing ? 

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QUESTIONS ON rEN3IANSUIP. 29 

12. Into how many and what classes are the small 
letters divided? 

13. State the heights of the three classes of small 
letters. 

14. Name in alphabetical order (a) the short letters, 
(6) the semi-extended letters, (c) the loop letters. 

15. (a) Which is the longest of the small letters? 
(5) l^Tiich is the widest? 

16. Where is the beginning of the small letters? 

17. Where are the small letters finished? 

18. At what point do the extended loops above the 
base line cross? 

19. How far below the base line do the loops in g, 
j, etc., extend? 

20. What is the height of the capitals above the base 
line? 

21. What principles or elements are most prominent 
in the formation of the capitals ? 

22. What distinction should be made between I and 
J? 

23. What is the general rule for spacing and com- 
bining small letters ? 

24. (a) What is the general rule for spacing be- 
tween words composed entirely of small letters? (6) 
Kule for spacing between sentences ? 

25. State and illustrate the different forms of shaded 
strokes used in wanting. 

26. What is the height of the figures in medium 
handwriting? 



30 ANSWEE8 TO QUESTIONS ON PENMANSHIP. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PENMANSHIP. 

1. Front, Left Oblique, Eight, and Eight Oblique. 

2. Take the pen between the first and second fin- 
gers and the thumb, observing, 1st, that it crosses the 
second finger on the corner of the nail ; 2d, that it 
crosses the forefinger forward of the knuckles; 3d, 
that the end of the thumb touches the holder opposite 
the lower joint of the forefinger; 4th, that the top of 
the holder points toward the right shoulder \ 5th, that 
the wrist is above the paper, and the hand resting 
lightly upon the nails of the third and fourth fingers ; 
6th, that the t)oint of the pen comes squarely to the 
paper. 

3. The Finger Movement, the Fore Arm, the Whole 
Arm, the Combined Fore Arm and Finger, and the 
combined Whole Arm and Finger Movements. 

4. The Combined Fore Arm and Finger move- 
ment. 

5. Correct position and pen holding. 

6. {a) The Base line is the horizontal line, real or 
imaginary, on which the letters rest. (6) The Head 
line marks the height of the shortest letters, (c) The 
Intermediate line marks the height of the semi-ex- 
tended letters t, d, and p. {d) The Top line marks 
the height of the extended loop letters b, 1, f, etc. 
(e) A space in height is the height of the shortest let- 
ters a, e, 1, etc. A space in width is the distance be- 
tween the straight lines of small w. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PENMANSHIP. 31 

7. (a) The main Slant is that given to the main or 
downward strokes ; it forms an angle of about 52° with 
the horizontal. (6) The connective slant is that which 
marks the lines connecting the downward strokes ; it 
forms with the horizontal an angle of 30°. 

8. From the practice of a majority of the best pen- 
men. 

9. The height of small ^ is called a space in height; 
the distance between the straight lines of small u is 
called a space in width. 

10. (a) Seven principles or elements according to 
the Spencerian System, (b) They are 1st, a straight 
line on the main slant; 2d, a right curve, usually on 
the connective slant ; 3d, a left curve, usually on the 
connective slant ; 4th, an extended loop, three sjDaces 
in height; 5th, the capital O, or direct oval; 6th, the 
reversed oval; 7th, the capital stem. 

11. The paper should be so placed that the right 
arm makes with the ruled lines a ri^ht ansfle. 

12. Three : short, semi-extended, and extended or 
looped letters. 

13. Short letters are one space, except r and s, 
which are one and a quarter spaces ; semi-extended, 
two spaces ; extended or looped, three spaces. 

14. (a) The short letters are a, c, e, ^, m, n, o, ?•, .-?, 
II, V, w, x; (b) The semi-extended letters are cZ, p, q, 
t; (c) The loop letters are 5,/, g, Ji,j, k, I, y, z. 

15. (a) /is the longest; (5) m is the widest. 

16. On the base line. 

17. At the head line. 



32 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PENMANSHIP. 

18. At the head line. 

19. The loops extend two spaces below the base 
line. 

20. Three spaces. 

21. The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh, according to the 
Spencerian System. 

22. The J should extend two spaces below the base 
line. 

23. The connecting curve should be carried one and 
one-quarter spaces to the right of the preceding letter. 

24. (a) The first curve should begin on the base 
line one and one half spaces to the right of the final 
downward stroke of the preceding word, (b) The 
spaces between sentences should be twice as great as 
between words. 

25. Five forms of shaded strokes are used ; they 
are exemplified in the letters t, p, I, y, O. 

26. One and one-half spaces, except the ^, which 
extends one-half space above, and the 7 and 9 which 
continue one-half space below the other figures. 



QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

1. Define the following terms: (a) Mathematics, 

(b) Arithmetic, (c) Integer, (d) Fraction, (e) Math- 
ematical Sign. 

2. State the difference between an abstract and a 
concrete number, and illustrate. 

3. What is the difference between a Simple and 
Compound Number? Illustrate. 

4. Define the following: (a) APower, (5) AKoot, 

(c) Demonstration, (c?) An Axiom, (e) Analysis. 

5. Name the fundamental operations in Arithmetic. 

6. Why are ten figures used in the Arabic no- 
tation ? 

7. What systems of notation are in general use? 

8. Name the j^i;e principles upon which the Roman 
notation is founded. 

9. State the difference between the simple and local 
value of a figure. 

10. Why, in adding, do we begin at the right ? 

11. Why are the minuend, subtrahend and difference 
like numbers ? 

12. Why must the multiplier be an abstract number? 

3 33 



34 QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

13. What is the difference between long and short 
division ? 

14. Why do we begin at the left in division. 

15. How find the true remainder by dividing by 
factors ? 

16. Define the following: {a) Prime Factor, (h) 
Composite number, (c) Reciprocal of a number, {d) 
Cancellation, (e) Multiple of a number. 

17. On what principle may we cancel the factors in 
the operation of cancellation ? 

18. What is the difference between the G. CD. and 
L. C. M. of two numbers? 

19. How does the unit of a fraction differ from a 
fractional unit ? 

20. Define the following terms: (a) Fraction, (5) 
Common Fraction, (c) Proper Fraction, {d) Improper 
Fraction, (e) Simple Fraction. 

21. (a) What is a Compound Fraction? (b) What 
does it indicate? (c) What is its sign? 

22. (rt) Define a Complex Fraction, {b) What does 
it indicate ? 

23. Give the meaning of the following terms : (a) 
Denominator, {h) Numerator, (c) Terms of a Frac- 
tion, {d) The value of the Fraction, (e) Mixed 
Number. 

24. What is the Reciprocal of a Fraction? 

25. Show how the general principles of division 
apply to fractions. 

26. How is the G. C. D. of fractions found? 
37. How is the L. C. M. of fractions found? 



QUESTIONS ON ARITIOIETIC. 35 

28. Upon what principle does the inversion of the 
divisor depend ? 

29. In what case may we add two fractions by 
writing the sum of the denominators over their 
product, in the form of a fraction? 

30. By what must wx multiply a fraction, to have 
its numerator for the product ? 

31. Are the powders of a proper fraction greater or 
less than the fraction itself ? Why ? 

32. (a) Is there such a thing as a prime fraction? 
{h) Can two fractions be prime to each other? (c) 
What kind of fraction must the G. C. D. of two or 
more proper fractions be? (cZ) Can a fraction or 
mixed number be properly called a common divisor 
of two integers? (e) What relation subsists between 
the G. C. D., L. C. M. and product of two num- 
bers ? 

33. What is a Decimal Fraction, and in how many 
ways may it be written? Illustrate. 

34. Upon what does the value of a decimal figure 
depend? 

35. State the effect of prefixing or annexing ciphers 
to decimals. 

36. What is the denominator of a decimal? 

37. How does a IVIixed Decimal differ from a Mixed 
Decimal number? 

38. Why does the product of two decimals contain 
as many decimal places as both multiplicand and 
multiplier? 



36 QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

39. Define the following terms: (a) A Finite Deci- 
mal, (6) A Circulating Decimal, (c) Repetend, (d) 
A Pure Circulating Decimal, (e) A Mixed Circulating 
Decimal. 

40. State the difference between an Account and a 
Bill. 

41. What is the Metric System of measurement ? 

42. What are the principal units of the Metric 
system ? 

43. Name the prefixes employed with the metric 
denominations, distinguishing those used as multiples 
from those used as divisors. 

44. What is a Measure? How established? 

45. What is the standard unit of value in the United 
States ? 

46. State the standard unit of the following: (a) 
weight, (6) length, surface and volume, (c) capacity, 
(d) angles, (e) time. 

47. Define the following terms: (a) A Line, (b) 
Surface, (c) Angle, (d) Square, (e) A Cube. 

48. (a) What is the difference between a square 
yard and a yard square? (b) Between three square 
yards and three yards square ? 

49. (a) How many cubic inches in a wine gallon? 
(5) Cubic inches in a bushel? (c) How many feet in 
a mile? (d) How many square rods in an acre? (e) 
What is the value of a Pound Sterling in U. S. 
Money ? 

50. What is a Gunter's Chain? Why so called? 



QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 37 

61. How are the public lands of the IT. S. divided 
and subdivided ? 

52. State the number of pounds in a bushel of 
wheat ; a bushel of corn ; a bushel of oats ; a bushel 
of clover seed ; a bushel of potatoes. 

53. How many pounds or ounces make a cubic foot 
of water ? 

54. For what are the following measures and 
weights used: Linear Measure? Square Measure? 
Cubic Measure? Liquid Measure? Dry Measure? 
Troy Weight? Avoirdupois Weight? Apothecaries 
Weight ? Circular Measure ? 

55. Compare the pound Troy with the pound Avoir- 
dupois. 

56. Which is heavier, a pound of butter or a pound 
of silver? 

57. As regards quantity, what is the difference be- 
tween a pint of chestnuts and a pint of claret ? 

58. What are duodecimals? 

59. Define the following terms : (a) Ratio, (b) The 
Terms of a Ratio, (c) Antecedent and Consequent, 
(d) A Simple Ratio, (e) A Compound Ratio. 

60. What is a Simple Proportion? 

61. What is Percentage ? 

62. Name and define the elements involved in per- 
centage. 

63. Give short rules for the five cases of percentage. 

64. Name the Applications of Percentage. 

65. Define Profit and Loss, Commission, Consign- 
ment, Consignee, Consignor, Net Proceeds. 



38 QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

66. What is the difference between a company and 
a corporation ? 

67. What is a charter? 

68. Explain the terms at par, above par, heloio par, 

69. Define the following: (a) Installment, (6) As- 
sessment, (c) Dividend, (cZ) Gross Earnings, (e) Net 
Earnings. 

70. Name and define the U. S. Securities. 

71. In what kind of money is the interest on bonds 
payable ? 

72. What is Insurance? 

73. Name and define the different kinds of insur- 
ance. 

74. What is a tax? 

75. What are Duties? How many and what kinds? 

76. What is the meanino; of Tare? Leakao^e? 
Breakage ? 

77. Distinguish between Simple and Compound In- 
terest ? 

78. Explain the difference between true and bank 
discount ? 

79. What is Exchange? ^ 

80. What four parties may there be to a transaction 
in exchange ? 

81. What is the Indorsement of a bill? 

82. What is the Acceptance of a bill ? 

83. What is the Equation of Payments? 

84. State the difference between Simple and Com- 
pound Partnership. 

85. What is Alligation Medial? 



QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 39 

86. What is Alligation Alternate ? 

87. What reason may be given for a higher rate of 
interest being allowed in the new States than in the 
old? 

88. How much longer will it take $100 at interest 
to double itself at 6 per cent., than it will $50? 

89. What is the difference between Involution and 
Evolution ? 

90. How does the Square of a number differ from 
its Square Root? 

91. What is a Surd? Illustrate. 

92. Distinguish Exponents from Indices. 

93. State the difference between an Arithmetical 
Proojression and a Geometrical Proo^ression. 

94. Name the elements of an arithmetical progres- 
sion, and write the symbol by which each is commonly 
designated. 

95. What are the elements and symbols of a geom- 
etrical series ? 

96. (a) How find the area of a triangle when the 
base and altitude are given? (b) When the three 
sides are given ? 

97. How find the area of a trapezoid when its par- 
allel sides and altitude are given ? 

98. How find the area of a trapezium, when the 
diagonal and perpendiculars are given ? 

99. (a) How do you find the circumference? (b) 
The diameter? (c) The area of a circle? (cZ) The 
lateral surface of a prism or a cylinder? (e) The con- 
tents of a prism or a cylinder? 



40 QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

100. How is the contents of a pyramid or a cone 
found? 

101. (a) How do you find the surface of a sphere ? 
(b) The solidity of a sphere? 

102. What is GauHnoj? 

103. What must be a dealer's asking and selling 
prices of an article costing $7.20, in order that he may 
fall 20 % from his asking price, allow 10 % for delayed 
payments, and still make 20 % ? 

104. If A.'s money is 20 % more than B.'s, B.'s 
money is what per cent, less than A.'s? 

105. Bacon which costs 12 cents a pound wastes 15 
% before it is sold; at what price per pound must it be 
sold to gain 25 per cent. ? 

106. An article lost 10 % by w^astage, and is s old 
for 30 % above cost ; what is the gain per cent. ? 

107. Sent $5,128.05 to a broker in Cincinnati, with 
directions to purchase pork at $12 V2 per bbl., to in- 
sure it for 60 days at 15 cents a $100, to pay storage 
at 5 cents a bbl. for 10 days, and to deduct his com- 
mission of 2 % on the money expended. How many 
barrels of pork did he buy 

108. Bought by Avoirdupois weight 10 lbs. of 
opium at 45 cents an ounce and sold the same by Troy 
weight at 50 cents an ounce ; how much was gained or 
lost? 

109. Sold wheat at 2^/2 % commission ; invested 2/3 
of its value in coffee at 1^4 % commission ; remitted 
the balance, $623. What was the value of the wheat, 
the coffee, and my separate commissions? 



QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 41 

no. I wish to line the carpet of a room 21 feet 
wide and 24 feet long with canvas Vs of a yard wide. 
If the lining shrink 8 % in length and 5 % in width, how 
many yards must I buy ? 

111. Sold some hemp on a commission of 5 %, in- 
vested the net proceeds in flour, commission 2 % ; my 
whole commission was $210 ; what was the value of the 
hemp and the flour? 

112. If the relative value of oak wood to spruce is 
as 3 to 1, and that of spruce to pine as 7 to 9, how 
many cords composed of spruce and pine in equal 
parts will equal 60 cords of oak? 

113. A citizen donated 3 acres of land, which was 
three-eighths as wide as long to a school district ; what 
were its dimensions iji feet? 

114. An agent took a risk at 13/4 % and reinsured Vs 
of it at 2V4 %, and V4 of it at IV2 %; what rate of 
insurance does he get on the remainder ? 

115. A draft payable in 30 days after sight, was 
bought for $352.62, exchange being IV2 % discount, and 
interest 6 % ; what was its face ? 

116. A., B., and C. are partners; A. 's stock $8,000, 
B.'s $12,800, C.'s $15,200, A. and B. together gain 
$1,638 more than C. ; what is the gain of each? 

117. A. received of B. 700 lbs. of hides to tan at 6 
cents per lb. tanned, and was to take his pay in green 
hides at 9 cents per lb. A. returned to B. 500 lbs. of 
tanned leather, and as there was 25 % waste in tanning, 
how many lbs. of raw hides must B. send to A. to pay 
him for his trouble ? 



42 QRESTIOXS ON ARITHMETIC. 

118. The stocks of three partners, A., B., and C, 
are $350, $220, and $250, and their gains $112, $88, 
and $220 respectively. Find the time that each man's 
stock was in trade, B.'s being in two months longer 
than A.'s. 

119. The amount of my capital for a certain time 
at 4 % is $360, and for the same time at 7 % is $405 ; 
required the principal and the time. 

120. Sold a horse and carriage for $597, gaining 
25 % on the horse and 10 % on the carriage. What was 
the cost of each, provided. ^/^ of the cost of the horse 
equals 2/3 of the cost of the carriage ? 

121. If 248 men in 5^/2 days of 11 hours each 
dig a trench that is 7 degrees of hardness, 232 V2 ft. 
long, 32/3 ft. wide, and 2V3 ft. deep; in how many 
days of 9 hours each, will 24 men dig a trench that is 
4 degrees of hardness 337V2 ft. long, 52/3 ft. wide, 
and 3V2ft.deep? 

122. Three-fifths of the cost of a house increased 
by V5 of the cost of the farm for two years at 5 %, 
amounts to $4,950. What was the cost of each, if V5 
of the cost of the house equals V7 of V5 of the cost 
of the farm? 

123. An agent sold a quantity of coffee on a com- 
mission of 6 %, and invested the net proceeds in pork 
at 5 %. His whole commission was $440 ; what was 
the value of the pork? 

124. A. and B. hav-e an annual income of $400 
each. A. spends each year $40 more than B. ; at the 
end of 4 years they both together have a sum equal to 
the income of either. What do they spend annually? 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 43 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

1. (a) Mathematics is the ceience of quantity, (ft) 
Arithmetic is the Science of numbers and the Art of 
computation, (c) An integer is a number composed 
of whole or integral units, (d) A fraction is a num- 
ber which expresses equal parts of a whole thing, (e) 
A Mathematical sign is a character indicating the rela- 
tion of numbers, or an operation to be performed. 

2. An Abstract number is one whose unit is not 
named; as, 3, 4, 6, etc. A concrete number is one 
whose unit is named; as, 4 boys, 3 books, 6 apples. 

3. A simple number is either an abstract number or 
a concrete number of but one denomination; as, 27, 
28 days. A Compound Number is a concrete number 
expressed in two or more denominations ; as, 4 days, 
8 hours, 28 minutes. 

4. (a) A Power is the product arising from multi- 
plying a number by itself one or more times, (b) A 
Root is the factor repeated to produce a power, (c) 
A Demonstration is a process of reasoning by which a 
truth or principle is established, (d) An Axiom is a 
self-evident truth, (e) Analysis is the process of in- 
vestigating principles and solving problems independ- 
ently of set rules. 

5. Notation and Numeration, Addition, Subtraction, 
Multiplication, and Division. 

6. Because in any scale of numbers there are as 
many characters as are required to make any given 



44 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

number of units equal one unit of the next higher or- 
der. In the Arabic notation ten units equal one unit 
of the next higher order. 

7. The Koman and the Arabic. 

8. 1st. Repeating a letter repeats its value ; as, XX 
equals twenty. 

2d. A letter of any value placed after onQ of greater 
value adds its value to that of the greater ; as, XXI 
equals twenty-one. 

3d. A letter of any value placed before one of 
greater value takes its value from that of the greater; 
as, IX equals nine. 

4th. A letter of any value placed between two of 
greater value takes its value from the sum of the two 
greater; as, XIX equals nineteen. 

5th. A bar or dash placed over a letter increases its 
value one thousand fold ; as, V equals five thousand. 

9. The simple value of a figure is its value when 
standing alone or in unit's place. The local value is 
its value arising from the order in which it stands. 

10. We begin at the right because we can shorten 
the operation by adding the terms of each order, as we 
reach it, the units of that order (if any) contained in 
the sum of the terms of the next higher order. 

11. Because, since the minuend and subtrahend have 
the same denomination, their difference expresses sim- 
ply the excess of like units in the minuend above those 
in the subtrahend. 

12. Because the multiplier shows how many times 
the multiplicand is taken additively. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 45 

13. In short division the several products are sub- 
tracted mentally^ and the remainder is each time 7)ien^ 
tally prefixed to the next figure of the dividend for a 
partial dividend; in long division the entire work is 
written. 

• 14. AYe begin at the left in division because the re- 
mainder in dividing any 'part of the dividend must be 
less than the divisor, and it can be divided only by be- 
ing expressed in units of a lower order. 

15. Multiply each remainder, except ^^ first by all 
the divisors preceding its own. The sum of these 
products and the first remainder will be the true re- 
mamder. 

16. (a) A Prime Factor is one that cannot be sep- 
arated into two or more equal factors. (6) A Com- 
posite number is the product of two or more factors, 
each of which is greater than 1. (c) The Reciprocal 
of a number is one divided by that number. (tZ) Can- 
cellation is a process of shortening division by reject- 
ing equal factors from divisor and dividend, (e) A 
multiple of a number is one which is exactly divisible 
by that number. 

17. That dividing both divisor and dividend by the 
same number does not change the value of the quo- 
tient. When terms are cancelled they are divided by 
the same factor. 

18. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more 
numbers is the greatest number which will exactly di- 
vide them ; as, 9 is the G. C. D. of 18, 27, and 36. 
The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is 



46 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

the least number which can be exactly divided by 
each of them; as, 36 is the L. C. M. of 9, 12, and 
18. 

19 The Unit of the Fraction is the unit or thing di- 
vided; as, the unit of the fraction of an apple is one 
apple. A fractional unit is one of the equal parts into 
which the unit is divided; as, one-third is the frac- 
tional unit of thirds. 

20. (rt ) A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts 
of a unit. (<^) A Common Fraction is one expressed 
in figures by two numbers, one written over the other 
with aline between them, (c) A Proper Fraction is 
one whose numerator is less than its denominator. (cZ) 
An Improper fraction is one whose numerator is 
equal to or greater than its denominator, (e) A Sim- 
ple Fraction is a fraction not united with another, and 
both of whose terms are integers. 

21. (a) A Compound Fraction is a fraction of a 
fraction; as, Vs of V4. (b) It indicates multiplica- 
tion, (c) Its sign is of or X - 

22. (a) A Complex Fraction is one having a frac- 

1 
tion in one or both of its terms ; as |. (b) It in- 

t 
dicates division. 

23. (a) The number of equal parts into which the 
unit is divided is called the Denominator, because it 
names the parts, (b) The number of parts taken is 
called the Numerator, because it numbers the parts, 
(c) The Terms of a fraction are the numerator and 
denominator, (d) The value of a fraction is the 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITH3IETIC. -17 

quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 
(e) A Mixed Number is a whole number and a frac- 
tion expressed together. 

24. The Fraction Inverted. 

25. 1st. Multiplying the numerator or dividing the 
denominator multii^Ues the fraction. 

2nd. Dividing the numerator or multiplying the 
denominator divides tJie fraction. 

3rd. Multiplymg or dividing both terms of a frac- 
tion by the same number does not alter its value. 

26. Find the G. C. D. of the numerators and the 
L. C. M. of the denominators. 

27. Find the L. C. M. of the numerators and the 
G. C. D. of the denominators. 

28. Inverting the terms of the divisor and multi- 
plying the numerators for a new numerator and mul- 
tiplying the denominators for a new denominator, is 
the same as reducing the fractions to a common de- 
nominator, and dividing the numerator of the dividend 
by the numerator of the divisor. 

29. When the numerator of each fraction is one. 

30. By its denominator. Ex. 2/3X8= 2. 

31. They are less. The continued product of the 
numerator by itself, divided by the continued pro- 
duct of the denominator by itself, will give a quotient 
less than the numerator of the fraction divided by its 
denominator. 

32. (a) No. (6) No. (c) A proper fraction. 
{d) Yes. (e) The product of the G. C. D. and L. 
C. M. equals the product of the two numbers. 



48 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

33. A Decimal Fraction is a fraction whose denomi- 
nator is some power of ten. It may be written in 
three ways: 1st. Bywords; as, two-tenths. 2nd. By 
writing the denominator under the numerator, as a 
common fraction ; as, Vio. 3rd. By omitting the de- 
nominator and writing the fraction in a decimal form ; 
as, .3. 

34. The value of a decimal figure depends upon the 
place it occupies at the right of the decimal sign. 

35. Prefixing a cipher to a decimal diminishes its 
value tenfold, because it removes every decimal figure 
one place to the right. Annexing a cipher to a deci- 
mal does not alter its value, because it does not alter 
the place of any figure in the decimal. 

36. The denominator of a decimal, when expressed 
is the unit 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there 
are places in the decimal. 

37. A Mixed Decimal is a decimal ending at the 
right with a common fraction; as, .GVs. A Mixed 
Decimal Number is an integer and a decimal written 
together as one number; as, 5.8. 

38. Since the denominator of the product of two 
fractions is the product of their denominators, this 
must contain as many decimal places as the two de- 
nominators combined. 

39. (a) A Finite Decimal terminates with the fig- 
ures written; as, .25. (b) A circulating Decimal 
contains a figure or set of figures repeated an unlimited 
number of times; as, .56731. (c) The repeated fig- 
ure or figures are called the Eepetend. (d) A pure 



ANS^VERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 49 

Circulating Decimal is made up wholly of a repetend ; 
as, .1546. (e) A Mixed Circulating Decimal is a 
decimal in which the repetend is preceded by one or 
more figures, which form what is called tlie finite 
part. 

40. An Account is a record of items of debt and 
credit between parties. A Bill is a written statement 
of goods sold or delivered, services rendered, with the 
price, quantity and cost annexed to each item. 

41. The Metric System is a decimal system of 
weights and measures, having the meter for its base 
or unit. 

42. The Meter, Liter, and Gram. To these are 
added, for square and cubic measures, the Ar and 
Ster, 

43. The names of the higher denominations are 
formed by prefixing to the name of the unit, the Greek 
numerals, Deka, (10), Hekto, (100), Kilo, (1,000), 
Myria, (10,000). The lower denominations are 
formed by prefixing to the name of the unit the Latin 
numerals, deci, (Vio), centi, (Vioo), milli, (Viooo). 

44. A measure is a standard unit, established by 
law or custom, by which the length, surface, capacity, 
and weight of things are estimated. 

45. The American dollar. 

46. (a) Of weight, the Troy Pound. (6) Of 
length , the linear yard ; for ordinary surface the Square 
Yard ;for land, the Acre; for volume in general, the 
Cubic Yard; for wood, the Cord, (c) The unit of 
capacity is the Gallon for fluids, and the Bushel for 

4 



50 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

dry substances. (cZ) The unit of angles is the Right 
Angle, or, practically, one degree of a circle, (e) 
The unit of time is the Day. 

47. (a) A Line is that which has length only, (b) 
A surface is that which has length and breadth only. 
(c) An angle is the opening between two lines which 
meet at a point. (cZ) A Square is a rectilinear figure 
which has four equal sides and four right angles, (e) 
A Cube is a regular solid bounded by six equal squares 
called its faces. 

48. (a) There is no difference. (6) Three square 
yards are three squares, each 1 yard long and one yard 
wide, each containing a square yard ; three yards 
square is a square figure three yards long and three 
yards wide, and contains 3 times 3 yards, or 9 square 
yards. 

49. {a) 231 cu. inches, {h) 2150.42 cu. inches, 
(c) 5280 feet in a mile, (d) 160 sq. rods in an acre. 
(e) $4.8665 equal 1 Pound Sterling. 

50., A Gu7iter's Chain, is 4 rods or 66 feet long, 
and contains 100 links. It is so called from the name 
of its inventor. 

51. The public lands of the U. S. are divided into 
Townsliips, which are subdivided into Sections, Half- 
Sections, Quarter Sections, etc. 

52. The law or custom of most States is as follows: 
wheat, 60 lbs. ; corn in the ear, 56 lbs. ; oats, 32 lbs. ; 
clover seed, 60 lbs. ; potatoes, 60 lbs. 

53. 62V2 lbs. or 1000 oz. make a cubic foot of 
water. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC 51 

64. Linear measure is used in measuring lines and 
distances; Square Measure, in measuring surfaces; 
Cubic Measure, in measuring solids and volumes; 
Liquid Measure, in measuring milk, oil, wine, etc. ; 
Dry Measure, in measuring grain, fruit, etc.; 
Troy Weight is used in weighing gold, silver, etc. ; 
Avoirdupois Weight, in weighing coarse articles; 
as, groceries, hay, etc., and all metals except gold and 
silver ; Apothecaries Weight is used in mixing medi- 
cines; Circular Measure is used in measuring angles, 
latitude, heavenly bodies, etc. 

66. The pound Troy equals 5760 grains, while the 
pound Avoirdupois equals 7000 grains. 

66. A pound of butter. 

67. A pint of chestnuts is one-sixth greater than a 
pint of claret. 

68. The divisions and subdivisions of a unit, result- 
ing from continually dividing by 12. 

69. (a) Ratio is the relation of two like numbers 
with respect to comparative value, (b) The Terms of 
a ratio are the two numbers compared. (c) The 
Antecedent is the first term ; the Consequent is the 
second term, (d) A Simple Ratio consists of a single 
couplet, (e) A Compound Ratio is the product of two 
or more simple ratios. 

60. A Simple Proportion is an equality of two sim- 
ple ratios, and consists of four terms. 

61. Percentage is the process of calculating by hun- 
dredths. 



52 ANS^VERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHIVIETIC. 

62. 1st. The Base is the number on which percent- 

age is computed. 

2d. The Kate is the number of hundredths taken. 

3d. The Percentage is that part of a number 
which is indicated by the rate. 

4th. The Amount is the sum of the base and 
the percentage. 

5th. The Difference is the base less the percen- 
tage. 

63. 1st. Base and rate given to find the percentage: 

Multiply the base by the rate. 
2d. Base and percentage given, to find the rate : 

Divide the percentage by the base. 
3d. Eate and percentage given, to find the base: 

Divide the 'percentage by the rate. 
4th. Base and rate given, to find either amount 
or difference : 

Multiply the base by 1 plus the rate, for 
the amount; and by 1 minus the 
rate for the difference. 
5th. Amount or difference and rate given, to 
find the base : 

Divide the amount by 1 plus the rate; 
and the difference by 1 minus the 
rate. 

64. Profit and Loss, Commission and Brokerage, 
Insurance, Taxes, Duties, Interest, Discount, Equa- 
tion of Payments, Averaging Accounts, Stocks, and 
Exchange. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHlVrETIC . 53 

65. Profit and Loss are commercial terms, used to 
express gain or loss in business. Commission is the 
fee or compensation of an agent, factor, or commission 
merchant. A Consignment is a quantity of goods sent 
to one person to be sold on commission for another 
person. The Consignee is a person who receives goods 
to sell for another. The Consignor is a person who 
sends goods to another to be sold. The net proceeds of 
a sale or collection is the sum left, after deducting the 
commission or other charges. 

66. A company is an association of persons for 
carr^nng on some business. Companies may be incor- 
porated or not. A corporation is a body formed and 
authorized by law to act as a single person. 

67. A Charter is the legal act of incorporation, and 
defines the powers and obligations of the incorporated 
body. 

68. Stock is at par when it sells for its first cost, or 
nominal value. It is above par when it sells for more 
than its nominal value. It is heloiv ^xir when it sells 
for less than its nominal value. 

69. (a) An Installment is a percentage on the par 
value of the capital stock, required of the stockholders, 
as a payment on their subscription. 

{h) An Assessment is a percentage on the par 
value of the capital stock, required of 
stockholders, to meet the losses or the 
business expenses of the company. 

(c) A Dividend is a sum paid to the stockhold- 
ers from the profits of the business. 



54 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

(J) Gross Earnings are all the moneys received 
from the regular business of the company. 

(e) Net Earnings are the moneys left after pay- 
ing expenses, losses, and the interest upon 
the bonds, if there be any. 

70. First, Bonds, of which there are two kinds; 
viz., first, those which are payable at a fixed date; 
known by the rate of interest they bear ; as U. S. 6's ; 
and, second, those which are payable at a fixed date, 
but which may be paid at an earlier specified time, as 
the Government may elect. These are known and 
quoted by a combination of two dates ; as, U. S. 
5-20' s, or a combination of the rate of interest and the 
two dates ; as U. S. 6's 5-20's; that is, bonds bearing 
6 % interest, which are payable in 20 years, but may be 
paid in 5 years, if the Government so elect. 

Second, Notes, of which there are two kinds; viz., 
first, those payable on demand without interest, known 
in common language as '* Green Backs;" and, sec- 
ond, Notes payable at a specified time, with interest, 
known as Treasury Notes. 

71. The interest on bonds is payable in gold. 

72. Insurance is security guaranteed by one party 
to another, against loss, damage, or risk. 

73. Fire insurance, against loss by fire. Marine in- 
surance, against the danger^' of navigation. Accident 
insurance, against casualties. Health insurance, pro- 
viding a weekly allowance in case of sickness. Life 
insurance provides a certain sum at the death of the 
insured, to be paid to some designated party. 



ANSWE"RS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 55 

74. A Tax is a sum of money assessed on the per- 
son or property of an individual for public purposes. 

75. Duties are taxes levied on imported goods, for 
the support of government and the protection of home 
industry. There are two kinds : Ad Valorem Duty 
and Specific Duty. 

76. Tare is an allowance for the weight of the box 
or other covering that contains the goods. Leakage is 
an allowance on liquors imported in casks or barrels. 
Breakage is an allowance on liquors imported in bottles. 

77. Simple interest is the sum paid for the use of 
the principal only. Compound interest is interest on 
both principal and interest, when the interest is not 
paid when due. 

78. True discount on a c^iven sura is less than bank 
discount, for it is a given rate per cent, on a smaller 
sum than that upon which bank discount is reckoned. 
True discount is the difference between the present 
worth and the face of the debt. True discount is 
reckoned on the present worth, — bank discount is 
reckoned on the face of the debt. 

79. Exchange is a method of making payments at 
a distance by written orders, called bills of exchange. 

80. 1st. The Drawer or Maker, who signs the bill. 
2nd. The Drawee, to whom the order is ad- 
dressed. 

3rd. The Payee, to whom the money is ordered 

to be paid. 
4th. The Buyer or Remitter, who purchases the 

bill. 



56 ANSWEKS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

81. The Indorsement of a bill is the writing upon 
its back, by which the payee relinquishes his title, 
and transfers the payment to another. 

82. The Acceptance of a bill is the promise which 
the draivee makes when the bill is presented to him to 
pay it at maturity. This obligation is usually ac- 
knowledged by writing the word ''Accepted," with 
his signature across the face of the bill. 

83. The Equation of Payments is the process of 
finding an equitable time of payment of several sums, 
due at different times without interest. 

84. In Simple Partnership the capital of the several 
partners is invested for an equal time. In Compound 
Partnership the capital of the several partners is in- 
vested for an unequal time. 

85. Alligation Medial is the process of finding the 
average value or quality of a mixture composed of 
articles of different value or qualities. 

8G. Alligation Alternate is the process of com- 
pounding several articles of different values or quali- 
ties to form a mixture of an average value or quality. 

87. In the new States capital is less abundant than" 
in the old States. Opportunities for speculation being 
more favorable in the new than in the old States, 
money will command a higher rate than where enter- 
prises are less active. 

88. No longer. 

89. Involution is the process of raising a given 
number to a given power. Evolution is the process of 



ANSWTEKS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 57 

extracting the root from a number considered as a 
power ; it is the reverse of Involution. 

90. The Square of a number is its second power. 
The Square Koot of a number is one of the two equal 
factors that produce the number. 

91. A Surd is an indicated root that cannot be ex- 
actly obtained; as, s/%^ 

92. The Exponent of a power is a small figure 
placed at the right of a figure, to show how many 
times it is to be taken as a factor. The Index of the 
root is the figure placed above the radical sign, to de- 
note what root is taken. 

93. An Arithmetical Progression is a series which 
increases or decreases by a common difference. A Ge- 
ometrical Progression is a series of numbers which 
increases or decreases by a common ratio. 

94. The elements of an arithmetical progression 
are five : the firf^t term, a; the last term, I; the com- 
mon difference, d; the number of terms, n; and the 
su7n of the terms, s, 

95. The elements and symbols of a geometrical 
series are, tha first term, a; the last term, I; the ratio, 
r; the number oi terms, n; and the sum of the terms, s. 

96. (a) Multiply the base by half the altitude. 
(b) When the three sides are given: From half the 
sum of the three sides subtract each side respectively ; 
then multiply half the sum and the three remainders 
together, and extract the square root of the product. 

97. Multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by 
the altitude. 



58 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

98. Multiply the diagonal by half the sum of the 
perpendiculars to it from the opposite angle. 

99. (a) The circumference = the diameter X 3.1416. 
(b) The diameter = the circumference -J- 3.1416. (c) 
The area of a circle equals half the circumference 
multiplied by half the diameter, or the circumference 
multiplied by one-fourth of diameter, (d) The lateral 
surface of a prism or cylinder equals the perimeter of 
the base multiplied by the altitude, (e) The contents 
of a prism or a cylinder equals the area of the base 
multiplied by the altitude. 

100. The contents of a pyramid or a cone equals 
the area of the base multiplied by one-thii^d of the al- 
titude. 

101. (a) The surface of a sphere equals the circum- 
ference multiplied by the diameter, (h) The solidity 
of a sphere equals the surface multiplied by one-sixth 
of the diameter. 

102. Gauging is finding the contents of casks and 
other vessels. 

103. $7.20 X 1.20 = $8.64, Selling price. 

$8.64 ^ .90 = $9.60, \ ^^1^^^^^^^ for delayed 
' I payments. 

$9.60^ .80 = $12, Asking price. 

104. B.'s = 100 % : A.'s = 120 % : Difference 20 % ; 
.20-^1.20= 16|%. Ans. 

105. 125 % of 12 cents = 15 cents ; 
100 % — 15 % = 85 % ; 

15 cents -f- .85 = 17}-| cents, Ans. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 59 

Or 

12 cents -^ .85 = 14y2^ cents, cost of 1 lb. after 

wastaoje ; 

14y\ cents X 125 % = 17l| cents, Answer. 

106. 100 % — 10 % = 90 %, what remains ; 
130 % of 90 = 117, Selling price ; 
117 % _ 100 % = 17 % gain. Ans. 

107. $5128.05 -^ (100 % + 2 %) = $5027.50, money 

to be expended after deducting com. 
15 cents on $100 = IJ cents on $121- ; 
5 cents storage + 1^ cents Ins. + $121, first cost 

of pork, = $12.56|, total cost of one barrel 

of pork. 
$5027.50 -^ $12.56J = 400 bbls. Ans. 

108. 16 oz. X 10 = 160 oz. Av. : 160 oz. X .45 = 

$72, cost of opium ; 
7000 grs. X 10 = 70000 grs. in 10 lbs. Av. ; 

70000 -f- 5760 = 12^1- lbs. Troy. 12 oz. X 

12|J= 145|oz. Troy; 
50 cts. X 145| = $72.91|, Selling price ; 
$72.91| — $72 = 91| cents, gain. 

109. If % of I = 1-^ of I : I of the value or 66| % 

+ 2J% + H% = 70^%: 100— 70^% = 29| 
% remitted. 
$623 = 29| %. $623 ^ .29| = $2100, value of 
wheat, I of $2100 = $1400, expended for 
coffee. 21% of $2100 =^- $52.50 com. on 
wheat. 1|% of $1400 = $24.50, com. on 
coffee. 



60 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHJUETIC. 

no. 21 ft. = 7 yds., 24 ft. = 8 yds., 

100 % — 5 % = 95 % ; 7 yds. -- 95 % = 7^-^ = 
i_Y yds., required width of lining; 
■ 100 % _ 8 % = 92 % ; 8 yds. ^ 92 % = 8Jf 

yds. = 2_o_o, required length of lining. 
W X W ^ I = 9G^Vt y^^s. Ans. 
111. 100 % — 5 % = 95 % ; 100 % + 2%= 102 %. 
95 % -- 102 % = 93 J-5- % ; 
1.00 — .93/-3- = .06||- whole com. : cost of hemp 

as the base. 
$210 -H .OG|i = $3060, value of hemp ; 
95%of $3060=$2907;$2907 -^ 1.02 = $2850, 

value of flour. 



Oi 



1.02^.95-1.07/^; 



1.07yV — 1-00= •07yV» whole com.: cost of 

flour as the base ; 
$210.00 ^ .073?^ = $2850, value of flour; 
$2850 X 1.02 = $2907 ; $2907 -^ .95 = $3060, 

value of hemp. 
112. Value of 1 C. spruce = i value 1 C. of oak, 
«' 1 *' pine = 1- << 1 <* ** 
Also value of 1 C. pine = ^ of ^ ov ^ value 1 

C. oak; 
I C. oak + f C. oak = if C. oak = value 1 C. 

spruce and 1 C. pine : | of if = 2^^ C. oak = 

value of a cord composed of spruce and pine 

in equal parts; 
60 -f- ^\ = 1571- cords. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITIOIETIC. 61 

113. 3 Acres = 160 sq. rods X 3 = 480 sq. rd. ; 

A piece of land | as wide as long equals a 
piece of land containing 24 small pieces ar- 
ranged in a rectangular form 3 parts wide 
and 8 long. 480 sq. rd. -^ 24 = 20 sq. rd. 
in each small square. 272^1 sq. ft. X 20 = 
5445 sq. ft. The square root of 5445 sq. 
ft. = 73.79 + feet, which multiplied by 3 
and 8 respectively equals the length and 
width of the 3 Acres. 

114. 2^ % of \ is 2^ % on the entire risk ; \\% of 

I is I % on the entire risk ; 2T % + f % = 

II % on the whole risk ; ^ + ^ = rcr 5 1^ — 
_9g. = 1^ of the risk for which he receives 1| 
% — II %, or I J % on the whole ; for ^V, tt 
of II % ; for the whole \\ of || % = 1 ^-f % 
Ans. 

115. $1 — $.015 = $.985; $.985 — $.0055 (the int. 

of $1 for 33 da^^s) = $.9795, cost of $1 ; 
$352.62 -^ .9795 = $360, Ans. 

116. $8000 + $12800 + $15200 = $36000, whole 

stock : 
The proportional parts are. A., ||;B., ||; 

r; 38. 20_L 32 — 52— A 'condT^'^- ^2 

11 = II, A.'s and B.'s more than C.'s; 
$1638=11; gV=^117; || = $2340, A.'s 
gain; || = $3744, B.'s gain; || = $4446, 
C.'s gain. 

117. Since A. returns 500 lbs. of tanned leather he 

is entitled to 6 cents X 500, or $30 worth 



62 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 

of green hides. A waste of 25 % of 700 
lbs. leaves 525 lbs. of tanned leather, of 
which A. retains 25 lbs. This is equal to 
33| lbs. of raw hides, for 25 -=- 75 % = 33^. 
$30 -T- 9 cents = 333J, No. of lbs. green 
hides to which A. is entitled ; 333| — 33 = 
300 lbs. Ans. 

118. A.'s gain is 32 % of his stock, B.'s gain is 40 

% of his stock, C.'s gain is 88 % of his 
stock. The difference between 40 % and 32 
%f or 8 %, equals the difference between 
A.'s and B.'s time, or 2 months. If 8 % 
equals 2 months, 1 % equals j month ; 32 % 
= 8 month's A.'s time; 40 % = 10 months, 
B.'s time ; 88 % = 22 months, C.'s time. 

119. $405 — $360 = $60, difference of amounts ; 

7 % — 4 % = 3 %, difference of rates. 

$45 ~3% = $15 interest at 1 % ; 

$15 X 4 % = $60 interest at 4 %, 

$360— $60 = $300, the principal. 

$60 -^ 12, the interest of $300 for one year, 

=5, the number of years. 

120. Since f the cost the horse = | the cost of 

the carriage, ^ the cost of the horse = f 
the cost of the carriage ; and | the cost of 
the horse = | the cost of the carriage ; hence 
the horse cost | as much as the carriage. 
25 %, or :^ the cost of the horse, + | = V , 
S. P. of horse ; 10 %, or ^^ the cost of the 
carriage, + | == y^, S. P. of carriage; 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHMETIC. 



63 



24 men: 

9 hours: 

7 degrees : 

232^ ft. long: 

3| ft. wide : 

2|ft. deep: 



5] days: x. 



y + 1 1 _ y^9 = $597, ^^ = $3, |« = $270 
cost of carriage ; f of $270 = $240 cost of 
horse. 

121. C 24 men: 248 men 
11 hours 
4 degrees 
337| ft. long 
5| ft. wide 
31 ft. deep 3 

Cancelling and reducing: answer 133| days. 

122. The amount of $1 for 2 years at 5 % equals 

$1.10; 
Since 110 % of | the cost of house and | the 

cost of farm = $4950, 100 % of | the cost 

of house and ^ the cost of farm =$4500. 
Since | the cost of the house = 2 of | the cost 

of the farm, | the cost of the house = ^ 

the cost of the farm. 
$4500 = ^% the cost of farm -f | cost of farm, 

= II cost of farm ; ff = $4500, ^\ = $125, 

35 == $4375, cost of farm. 
Since | of cost of house = ■^\ cost of farm, f 

cost of house = ^\ of the cost of farm, and 

j\ of $4375= $1666|, cost of house. 

123. 100% — 6% = 94%, proceeds of coffee, or 

105 % of pork. 
94 % -^ 105 % = 8911 % of the value of coffee, 

which equals value of the pork. 
100 % —89^1 % = 101^, whole com., which is 

equal to $440. $440 -f- lOJf % = $4200, 



64 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ARITHIVIETIC. 

value of coffee. 94 % of $4200= $3948, 
proceeds of coffee, or 105 % of the value of 
pork ; $3948 ^ 105 % = $3760, value of 
pork. 
124. $400 X 4 X 2 = $3200, income of A. and B. 
for 4 years ; $3200 — $400 = $2800, amount 
spent by A. and B. in 4 years ; $2800 — 
$160 (amount A. spends more than B. in 
four years) = $2640, or twice the amount 
spent by B. ; $2640 ^ 2 = $1320, amount 
spent by B. in 4 years; $1320 ^ 4 = $330 ; 
B.'s annual expenses. $330 + $40 = $370, 
A.'s annual expenses. 



QUESTIONS ON ORAMMAR. 

1. What is the difference between Grammar and 
English Grammar? 

2. Into what parts is English Grammar divided? 

3. Define Etymology, Syntax, Prosody. 

4. What is the test of correctness in the use of 
lanoruao^e ? 

5. What is meant by the terms Inflection and Deri- 
vation of words ? 

6. What is language? 

7. Name the parts of speech. 

8. (a) What is a noun? (6) A pronoun? 

9. Give a complete classification of the noun and 
the pronoun. 

10. State the difference between a proper and a 
common noun. 

11. What may be used as nouns? 

12. When does a proper noun become common? 

13. When does a common noun become proper? 

14. What does the word substantive signify? 

15. Define the following: Class Nouns, Abstract 
Nouns, Collective Nouns, Verbal Nouns. 

5 65 



66 QUESTIONS ON GKAMMAR. 

16. Name the properties or attributes of Douns and 
pronouns. 

17. How are the genders distinguished? 

18. State the application of each gender. 

19. What is personification? 

20. What attributes determine the gender of certain 
nouns without sex ? 

21. What are the three ways of distinguishing the 
masculine and feminine genders? 

22. When is a collective noun of the neuter gender? 

23. Of what gender are pronouns of the first and 
second person? 

24. What should be the gender of pronouns of the 
third person, singular number when referring to both 
sexes? 

25. Name the feminine genders of the following : 
steer, colt, earl, friar, hart, sire, sloven, stag, swain, 
don, infant, tzar, John, youth, marquis. 

26. What is person as applied to nouns and pro- 
nouns? 

27. Distinguish the person of nouns and pronouns. 

28. What is the person of the predicate nominative? 

29. What is number as applied to nouns and pro- 
nouns ? 

30. What are the numbers and what does each de- 
note? 

31. State how the plural of nouns ending in the 
following manner is formed; nouns ending in y pre- 
ceded by a consonant, nouns ending in/or/e, nouns 
ending in of 



QUESTIONS ON GRA^OIAR. 67 

32. How is the plural of letters, figures, marks, and 
signs usually formed? 

33. How are compound words made plural? 

34. How are compound terms composed of a proper 
noun and a title pluralized? 

35. State the rule for forming the plural of the 
compounds oifull. 

36. What is the origin of the sign 's ? 

37. Write the plurals of the following; ottoman, 
alderman, court-martial, mouthful, nebula, focus, 
hypothesis, goodness, trout, elf, it, aid-de-camp, billet- 
doux, porte-monnaie, staff, Nero, n. Dr., Mr. Jones, 
chimney. 

38. Name and define the Cases. 

39. How may the several cases be known? 

40. How is the possessive singular formed ? The 
possessive plural ? 

41. How is the possessive of compound names 
formed? 

42. When is a noun or pronoun in apposition with 
another ? 

43. In what ways may a noun be in the absolute 
case? 

44. What does the term declension mean? 

45. Of what does parsing consist? 

46. Into what classes may pronouns be divided? 

47. What is the personal pronoun? What two 
kinds ? 

48. What is the antecedent of a pronoun? What 
may it be ? 



68 QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

49. In what cases are compound personals used? 

50. Define Possessive Pronouns. Name the pos- 
sessives. 

51. What is a Relative Pronoun? Illustrate. 

52. State fully the difference between a personal 
and a relative pronoun. 

53. What two uses has the relative pronoun ? 

54. (a) When is as a relative pronoun ? (5) When 
is that a relative? (c) When is what a relative? 

55. When is that preferred to who or which? 

56. What is the possessive of which and what? • 

57. Name the Interrogative pronouns. 

58. (a) What is an adjective? (b) What two 
classes? 

59. Into what classes are descriptive adjectives 
divided? 

60. Name the classes into which limiting adjectives 
are divided. 

61. What is a Participial Adjective? 

62. What is a Limiting Adjective? 

63. State the particular use of the definite article. 

64. For what is the indefinite article used? 

65. (a) What are Pronominal Adjectives? (b) 
Into what classes are they divided? 

66. What is the office of Demonstratives? Name 
them. 

67. How are the Distributives used? Name them. 

68. How are the Infinitives used? Name them. 

69. What are Numeral Adjectives? Name the 
classes. 



QUESTIONS ON GRAMIVIAR. 69 

70. Define and illustrate the three classes of Nu- 
merals. 

71. What is Comparison ? How many degrees? 

72. When is an adjective in the positive degree? 

73. Define the comparative degree. Tell how it is 
formed. 

74. Define the superlative degree. Tell how it is 
formed. 

75. What does the suffix ish signify? 

76. What words signify a high degree of quality 
without implying comparison ? 

77. Give the comparative and superlative degrees 
of the following adjectives: bad, little, far, fore, lazy, 
ill, good-natured, evil, old, late. 

78. Name some adjectives which have no positive. 

79. Name some adjectives which have comparison. 

80. Name some adjectives which have number. 

81. What is meant by descending comparison ? 

82. When monosyllabic and polysyllabic adjectives 
are used in the same sentence, which should precede? 

83. Correct and state your reason: "A more hand- 
somer woman." 

84. (a) Define a verb, (h) How classified with 
respect to use? 

85. Define a copulative verb. Illustrate. 

86. What is a transitive verb? Illustrate 

87. Define an intransitive verb. Give an example. 

88. What distinction may be made between the 
action expressed by a transitive and an intransitive 
verb? 



70 QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

89. How can a transitive verb in the passive voice 
be distinguished from an intransitive verb ? 

90. How may the words *« What" and "Whom" be 
employed to determine whether a verb is transitive or 
intransitive ? 

91. When does an intransitive verb become transi- 
tive? 

92. How are verbs classified with respect to their 
nature ? 

93. Define and illustrate Active Verb, Passive Verb, 
Neuter Verb. 

94. Give the classification of verbs according to 
form. 

95. What is a Kegularverb? Illustrate. 

96. Define an Irregular verb. Give an example. 

97. What properties has the verb? 

98. Define Voice. How divided? 

99. What does the Active Voice represent? 

100. Define Passive voice, and state how it is 
formed. 

101. What is Mode? 

102. How many and what modes are there? 

103. Define the Indicative mode. 

104. In what class of sentences is the indicative 
mode used? 

105. (a) What is the subjunctive mode? (i'iWhy 
so called? 

106. What is the potential mode? 

107. What does the imperative mode express? 

108. How may the imperative usually be known? 



QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 71 

109. How does the infinitive represent an action ? 

110. After what words is the sign to omitted? 

111. What relations may the infinitive sustain to 
other parts of the sentence ? 

112. What are the signs of the modes? 

113. What is'a participle? Why so called? 

114. How is the participle formed from the verb? 

115. How many participles are there? 

116. What does the present participle denote? 

117. How may the present active participle be 
used? 

118. What is denoted by the perfect participle? 

119. In what ways is the action or state expressed 
by a participle ? 

120. In what case is the agent of an action expressed 
by the participle? Illustrate. 

121. Name the auxiliary verbs, and state for what 
used. 

122. What is an impersonal or unipersonal verb? 

123. Define tense, and name the divisions usually 
recognized by grammarians. 

124. Define the present tense. 

125. What is the present perfect tense? 

126. Define the past tense. 

127. Define the past perfect tense. 

128. What is the future tense? 

129. Define the future perfect tense. 

130. How many and what tenses in each mode? 

131. How many and what forms have verbs? 

132. Give rules for the use of shall and will. 



72 QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

133. Define the terms, relation, agreement, govern- 
ment. 

134. AVhat is person and numbei- as applied to 
verbs ? 

135. When should a verb be in the singular? 

136. In what cases should a verb be in the plural? 

137. Define conjugation. 

138. How many and what forms of conjugation? 

139. What are the principal parts of a verb? 

140. What is the synopsis of a verb ? 

141. How is a verb conjugated negatively? 

142. How conjugate a verb interrogatively and nega- 
tively ? 

143. What are defective verbs? Illustrate. 

144. What are redundant verbs? Give examples. 

145. What is meant by the term, "To make a 
verb?'^ 

146. Give the principal partsof the following verbs : 
dive, say, drink, gird, bear (to carry), cling, sit, lie 
(to recline), shoe, sit, eat, wring, wear, strike, swim, 
lay, chide, dare (to venture), fly. 

147. What is an adverb? To what is it equivalent? 

148. Into what classes are adverbs divided? 

149. What are the modal adverbs? Interrogative 
adverbs ? 

150. Define an adverbial phrase. 

151. What are conjunctive adverbs? Name five. 

152. Give examples in which adverbs are used as 
adjectives. 



QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 73 

153. Classify the following adverbs : wholly, verily, 
asunder, therefore, away, seldom, almost, perhaps, 
why, forth. 

154. What is a preposition? 

155. What is the preposition and its object termed? 

156. Define a complex preposition. Illustrate. 

157. How is a preposition regarded whose object is 
omitted ? 

158. What distinction should be observed in the use 
of ** with" and'* by?" 

159. What is a conjunction? 

160. What part of the sentence does the conjunc- 
tion form ? 

161. Are all conjunctive words conjunctions? If 
not, name exceptions. 

162. Into what classes are conjunctives divided? 

163. Define each class of conjunctions, and illus- 
trate. 

164. What is an mterjection. What meaning has 
it? 

165. Give sentences illustrating the use of as, first, 
as a relative pronoun; second, as a conjunctive ad- 
verb ; third, as a complex preposition, fourth, as an 
abverb. 

166. Illustrate by sentences, the use of but as an 
adverb, an adjective, a preposition, and a conjunction. 

167. Of what does Syntax treat? 

168. What is the difference between a proposition 
and a sentence? 

169. What is a principal proposition ? 



74 QUESTIONS ON GRAIklMAR. 

170. Define a subordinate proposition. 

171. What is a phrase? Illustrate. 

"^ 172. Define the terms, element, analysis, synthesis. 

173. What is the subject of a proposition? 

174. What is the predicate? The copula? 

175. How are sentences classified with respect to 
use? 

176. Define a declarative sentence. 

177. What is an interroo^ative sentence? 

178. Explain the difference between a direct and an 
indirect question. 

179. What is an imperative sentence? 

180. Define an exclamatory sentence. 

181. How are sentences classified with respect to 
form? 

182. What is a simple sentence? Illustrate. 

183. What is a complex sentence? Illustrate. 

184. What are clauses? 

185. Define a compound sentence. 

186. What terms are applied to the parts of a com- 
pound sentence? 

187. How are clauses connected ? Members? 

188. What is a transitive sentence? - 

189. Define an intransitive sentence. 

190. Define a mixed sentence. 

191. What is an auxiliary sentence? 

192. What may the subject of a sentence be? 

193. Of what may the predicate be composed? 

194. What is a modifier ? 

195. What elements are termed subordinate? 



QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 75 

196 . Define an objective element . What is it called ? 

197. What is an adjective element? 

198. What parts of speech form the adjective ele- 
ment? 

199. Define .an adverbial element. 

200. What is an independent element? 

201. Into what classes are elements divided? 

202. Designate the classes of elements according to 
construction. 

203. How are clauses classified with reference to 
their use ? 

204. What is an abridged sentence? 

205. Give a comprehensive rule for the use of the 
comma. 

206. Give ten short rules for the use of capital let- 
ters. 

207. Correct the following, giving your reason: 
** Things look much more favorably this morning." 
*' Washington was given the command of a division." 
**The most tremendous civil war which history re- 
cords." <' To say he is relieved, is the same as saying 
he is dismissed." ** We are agreed on this." 

208. What is a figure of speech? 

209. Into what three classes may Figures be 
divided? 

210. Define the several figures of speech. 

211. Name five figures of orthography with exam- 
ples. 

212. Define Ellipsis. 

213. What is Enallaore? Illustrate. 



76 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAINIMAR. 

214. Write ten figures of rhetoric, and illustrate 
each. 

215. What is versification ? Define verse. 

216. What is a poetic foot? 

217. Name the principal poetic feet. Illustrate. 

218. State the difference between rhyme and blank 

verse. 

219. What is a stanza? 

220. What is a caesural pause? 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

1. Grammar treats of the science upon which the 
principles of languages are based. English Grammar 
teaches how to speak and write the English language 
correctly. 

2. English Grammar is divided into four parts : Or- 
thography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody. 

3. Etj^mology treats of the classification, derivation 
and properties of words. Syntax treats of the con- 
struction of sentences. Prosody treats of the laws of 
versification. 

4. The usage of the best writers and speakers. 

5. Inflection of words means the change of form 
which they undergo. The Derivation of words is 
tracinof them to their orijjinal form and meaning. 

6. Language is the expression of ideas by means of 
words. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 



77 



7. Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Prep- 
osition, Interjection, Conjunction. To these are added 
by different authors, Articles, Participles, and Words 
of Euphony. 

8. (a) A noun is a name. (6) A pronoun is a word 
used instead of a noun. 



9. 



PROPER. 
COMMON. 



Class, 
Abstract, 
Collective, 
Verbal, 

f Personal, 
Possessive, 
Relative, 



PERSON. 



NUMBER. 



Masculine, 

Feminine, 

Neuter. 

Common. 

First, 

Second, 

Third. 

Singular. 

Plural. 

Nominative, 

Possessive. 



1 Objective. 

[a 



L I, Interrogative, i^ 

Absolute. 

10. A proper noun is the name of some particular 
person, place, or thing. A common noun is applied to 
each individual of a class of objects. 

11. Any word, sign, phrase, or sentence used inde- 
pendently of its meaning is a noun; as, ** A is an ar- 
ticle." 

12. A proper noun becomes common when it as- 
sumes meaning; as, ** Bolivar was styled the Wash- 
ington of South America." 

13. A common noun becomes proper when it is used 
to distinguish one individual from another of the same 
class; as, '* The Park:' 

14. The word substantive includes everything used 
as a noun. 

15. Class nouns are names applied to each individ- 
ual of a class or group of objects. Abstract nouns 
denote the quality of objects. Collective nouns are 



78 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

singular in form but plural in meaning. Verbal nouns 
denote the names of actions ; they are participles and 
infinitives, sometimes termed Participial nouns. 

16. Person, gender, number, and case. 

17. As masculine, feminine, neuter, and common. 

18. The masculine gender is applied to males, the 
feminine gender, to females, the neuter gender, to 
objects neither masculine nor feminine, the common 
gender, to terms which may signify either male or 
female. 

19. Personification is the application of the mascu- 
line or feminine genders to objects without life. 

20. Objects noted for size, power, and domineering 
qualities are masculine. Objects noted for beauty, 
amiability, productiveness, or submissive qualities are 
feminine. 

21. First, by using different words ; as man, woman. 
Second, by using different terminations ; as host, 

hostess. 
Third, by prefixes and suffixes ; as, Mr. Smith, 
Mrs. Smith. 

22. Collective nouns conveying the idea of unity or 
in the plural form, are neuter. If they convey the 
idea of plurality without the plural form they have the 
gender of the individuals composing the collection. 

23. They have the common gender unless the sex is 
knoAvn from some other word. 

24. Usage sanctions the use of the masculine forms, 
he, his, him; as, ** Every scholar should be prompt in 
his exercises.'* 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRA^BIAR. 79 

25. The feminine of steer is heifer^ of colt is 
filly, of earl is countess, of friar is nun, of hart is 
roe, of sire (the king) is madam, of sire (a horse) is 
dam, of sloven is slattern, of stag is Jiind, of swain is 
nymph, of don is donna, of infant is infanta, of tzar is 
tzarina, of John is Joanna, of youth is maiden or 
damsel, of marquis is marchioness. 

26. Person is that property of a noun or pronoun 
which distinguishes the speaker, the person spoken to, 
and the person or object spoken of. 

27. The first person denotes the speaker ; the second 
person, the person addressed ; the third person, the 
person or object spoken of. 

28. It is in the third person. 

29. Number is the distinction of nouns and pronouns 
with regard to unity or plurality. 

30. The numbers are the Singular and Plural. The 
singular denotes but one ; the plural denotes more than 
one. 

31. Nouns ending in y, preceded by a consonant, 
change y into ^e.s; as glory, glories. Most nouns end- 
ing in f or fe are changed to ves\ 2b^,wife, wives. 
Most nouns ending in o, add es\ as, ca,rgo, cargoes; 
nouns ending in o, preceded by a vowel, add s. 

32. Letters, figures, signs, etc., form their plurals 
by adding 's; as, the 3 '5 and^ 's, a's, +'«• 

33. Most compound words are pluralized by having 
the described part made plural; as ox-carts. In some 
compound words both parts are pluralized ; as, men- 
servants. 



80 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRA^OIAR. 

34. They are made plural by adding a plural termin- 
ation to either the name or the title, but not to both; 
as, the Misses Smith or the Miss Smiths. 

35. The compounds oi full form the plural regu- 
larly; as, spoonfuls^ hucketfuls. 

36. The 's comes to us from the ending es or is in the 
old English genitive case. The apostrophe indicates the 
omission of e or ^. 

37. The plural of ottoman, is ottomans; alderman, 
aldermen; court-martial, courts- martial ; mouthful, 
mouthfuls; nebula, nebulae; focus, foci; hypothesis, 
hypotheses-, goodness, no regular form; trout, trout; 
elf, elves; it, they ; aid-de-camp, aids-de-camp ; porte- 
monnaie, porte-^nonnaies ; billet-doux, billets-doux; 
staff, staves, (sticks) ; staffs, (officers) ; Nero, JVeroes; 
n, n's; Dr., Drs. ; Mr. Jones, Messrs. Jones ; chimney, 
chimneys. 

38. There are four cases : Nominative, Possessive, 
Objective, and Absolute. The Nominative Case is the 
use of a noun or pronoun as the subject or predicate of 
a proposition. The Possessive Case is the use of a 
noun or pronoun to denote ownership. The Objec- 
tive Case is the use of a noun or pronoun as the 
object of a transitive verb or of a preposition. The 
Absolute Case is the use of a noun independent of 
any relation. 

39. The Nominative is the name case. The Pos- 
sessive denotes possession. The Objective usually 
follows a transitive verb or a preposition. The Abso- 
lute Case is used independently. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAIkOIAR. 81 

40. The possessive singular is formed by annexing 
'5 to the nominative. The possessive plural is formed 
by annexing the apostrophe only when the nominative 
plural ends in s. If the plural does not end with s, the 
apostrophe and s are added. 

41. By annexing '5 to the last part; as, "John 
Smith's house." 

42. When it denotes the same person or thing. It is 
then said to be in the same case. 

43. 1st, By direct address. 2nd, By exclamation. 
3d, By pleonasm or specification. 4th, With a parti- 
ciple. 

44. Declension of a noun is its variation to denote 
number and case. 

45. Parsing consists, first, in naming the part of 
speech ; second, in stating its properties or attributes; 
third, in naming its relation to other words together 
with the rule for such relation. 

46. Personal, possessive, relative, and interrogative. 

47. The personal pronoun both represents the noun 
and by its form shows whether it is of the first, second, 
or third person. A personal pronoun may be simple 
or compound. 

48. The antecedent is the noun or substaitive ex- 
pression for which a pronoun stands. It may be a 
noun, a different pronoun, a phrase, or a clause. 

49. In the nominative and objective cases only. 

60. A Possessive pronoun is a word which repre- 
sents both the possessor and the thing possessed ; as, 
mine, thine, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs. 

6 



82 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

51. A Kelative pronoun represents some preceding 
noun or equivalent expression, called the antecedent, 
to which it joins a limiting clause; as, ** The town 
which we just passed is Milton." 

52. First, Personal pronouns have a peculiar form 
for each person ; the relatives do not change their form 
for person. Second, a personal pronoun may be the 
subject of an independent sentence ; a relative is not 
so used ; it is found only in a subordinate clause. 

53. A pronominal and a conjunctive use. By the 
first it represents a noun, by the second it joins a modi- 
fying clause to the antecedent. 

54. As is a relative when it takes the place of who^ 
which, or what after such, many, and same. That is 
a relative when who, whom, or which can be substituted 
for it. WJiat is a relative when that which can be 
substituted for it. 

55. That is preferred to who and which when the 
antecedent denotes both persons and things ; after the 
superlative degree ; after who used as an antecedent, 
and generally after no, all, any, each, every, same, 
some, or very. 

56. Which and what having no possessive form of 
their own, sometimes borrow ivhose, the possessive of 
who. 

57. The Interrogative pronouns are wao, which and 
what. 

58. (a) An Adjective is a word used to describe or 
limit the meaning of a noun, (h) Descriptive and 
limiting adjectives. 



ANSAVERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 83 

69. Into Common, Proper, and Participial. 

60. Into Articles, Pronominal Adjectives, and Nu- 
meral Adjectives. 

61. A Participle placed before the noun it describes, 
as, *'A warbling brook." 

62. A Limiting Adjective limits or restricts the 
meaning of a noun without expressing any of its qual- 
ities. 

63. The definite article is used to point out a partic- 
ular object or group of objects ; to distinguish one 
object from another of the same name; as, Ohio, the 
State, the Ohio, the river ; to point out some well 
known object; as, the Pleiades. 

64. The indefinite article is used to show that no 
particular one of a class is meant. Its general use is 
to point out a single individual or a group ; as, an apple, 
a brace of ducks. 

65. (a) Pronominal Adjectives are limiting adjec- 
tives sometimes used as pronouns, (b) They are 
divided into three classes ; Demonstratives, Distribu- 
tives, and Indefinites. 

66. The Demonstratives point out objects definitely. 
They are this, that, these, those, former, latter, both, 
same, yon, yonder. 

67. Distributives relate to objects taken separately. 
They are each, every, either, neither, many a. 

68. The Indefinites relate to objects indefinitely. 
They are all, any, another, certain, divers, enough, 
few, little, many, much, no, none, one, own, other^ sev- 
eral, some, sundry. 



84 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

69. Numeral Adjectives are those which express 
number and order. The classes are Cardinal, Ordinal, 
and Multiplicative. 

70. Cardinal Numerals tell how many ; as, one, two. 
Ordinal Numerals tell the order ; as first, second. 
Multiplicative Numerals tell how many fold ; as, 

single, twofold. 

71. Comparison is a variation of adjectives express- 
ing different degrees of quality. There are three de- 
grees of comparison : The Positive, the Comparative, 
and the Superlative. 

72. An adjective is in the positive degree when it 
expresses simply the quality. 

73. An adjective is in the comparative degree when 
it expresses a higher or lower degree of quality; as, 
tall, taller. It is regularly formed by adding er or 
more or less to the positive form. Less is added when 
a less degree of quality is expressed. 

74. An adjective is in the superlative degree when 
it expresses the highest or lowest degree of quality ; 
as, tall, taller, tallest. It is regularly formed by add- 
ing est, or most, or least to the positive form. Least is 
added when the smallest degree of quality is ex- 
pressed. 

75. A small degree of some quality ; as, saltish. 

76. Very, exceedingly, greatly, much, vastly, etc. 

77. Bad, worse, worst; little, less, least; far, far- 
ther or further, farthest or furthest; fore, former, 
foremost; lazy, lazier, laziest; ill, worse, worst; 
good-natured, better-natured, best-natured ; evil, worse 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 85 

worst ; old, older or elder, oldest or eldest ; late, later 
or latter, latest or last. 

78. Nether, nethermost ; under, undermost ; hither, 
hithermost. 

79. Top, topmost; head, headmost; southern, 
southernmost. 

80. This — these; that — those; few — many. 

81. The expression of a lower degree of quality 
than is implied in the positive ; as, rash^ less rash, least 
rash. 

82. The monosyllable adjective should precede; as, 
" A more proud and exalted mind." 

83. ** A handsomer woman." Adjectives should 
not be doubly compared. 

84. (a) A verb is a word which expresses action, 
being or state. (6) Verbs may be classed as Copu- 
lative, Transitive, and Intransitive. 

85. A copulative verb asserts the predicate of the 
subject; as, *'Gold is yellow." Examples: seem^ajj- 
pear, become , is named, is elected, is inade, is chosen. 

86. A Transitive verb has, or requires an object to 
complete its meaning ; as, '* James cut the apple.^' 

87. An Intransitive verb neither has nor requires an 
object to complete its meaning; as, **The clouds 
darken." 

88. The action expressed by a transitive verb has 
reference to some object upon which it terminates, 
apart and distinct from the subject; the action ex- 
pressed by an intransitive verb affects the subject 
only. 



86 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

89. A verb in the passive voice is transitive, if its 
subject in the passive voice can be made its object in 
the active; as, *' The door was shut by John ;" '* John 
shut the door." 

90. Ask the question What 9 or Whom? after the 
assertion; if the answer is a different thing or person 
from the subject, the verb is transitive, otherwise it is 
intransitive. 

91. When the object is like the verb • as, *'And he 
dreamed yet another dream. ^^ 

92. Into Active, Passive, and Neuter. 

93. An Active Verb represents the subject in an 
active state; as, ** Boys^Za?/." A Passive Verb repre- 
sents the subject as acted upon ; as, *' The man was in- 
jured. ^^ A Neuter Verb represents the subject in 
neither of these states ; it implies being or condition ; 
as, *' The child sleeps.'' 

94. With respect to their form, verbs are either 
Kegular or Irregular. 

95. A regular verb forms its past indicative and 
perfect participle by adding d or ed to the present in- 
dicative, or simplest form of the verb ; as, hope, hoped , 
hoped. 

96. An irregular verb does not form its past tense 
and perfect participle by adding d or ed to the present 
indicative; as, am, was, been. 

97. Voice, Mode, Tense, Number, and Person. 

98. Voice is that form of a transitive verb which 
shows whether the subject acts or is acted upon. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 87 

99. The Active Voice represents the subject as act- 
ing upon some object; as, <* John saws wood." 

100. The Passive Voice represents the subject as 
being acted upon ; as, **John was struck by James." 
The passive voice is formed by prefixing some form 
of the neuter verb to be to the perfect participle of a 
transitive verb. 

101. Mode is the manner in which the action, being, 
or state is represented. 

102. Five modes : the Indicative, Subjunctive, Po- 
tential, Imperative, and Infinitive. 

103. The Indicative mode asserts a thing as a fact. 

104. The indicative mode is used in declarative, in- 
terrogative, and exclamatory sentences and subor- 
dinate propositions. 

105. (a) The Subjunctive mode asserts a thing as 
doubtful or conditional. (5) It is so called because it 
is used only in subjoined or subordinate sentences. 

106. The Potential mode asserts the power, possi- 
bility, liberty, duty, obligation, inclination, or neces- 
sity of doing, or being in a certain state. 

107. The Imperative mode expresses a command, 
an exhortation, an entreaty, or a permission. 

108. By the omission of a subject. 

109. The Infinitive expresses the action, being, or 
state without affirming it. 

110. After the verbs bid, dare, feel, hear, help, let, 
make, need, see, and some others. 

111. The Infinitive, as an abstract noun, may be the 
subject or predicate of a sentence ; may be in apposi- 



88 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

tionwith a noun ; and may be the object of a transi- 
tive verb or a preposition. 

112. Indicative mode: the simple form of the verb; 
Subjunctive mode: ^y, though, except, lest, unless; 
Potential mode : may, can, must, might, could, would, 
should; Imperative mode : let or a command; Infini- 
tive mode: to. 

113. A Participle is a word partaking of the proper- 
ties of a verb, an adjective, and a noun. It is so called 
because it partakes of the properties of the verb and 
the adjective. 

114. The present participle, by adding ing ; the 
past by adding ed to all regular verbs; and the 
perfect, by prefixing to the past the auxiliary 
<< having. ^^ 

115. There are two participles : the present and 
the perfect. 

116. The present participle denotes an action or 
state in progress at the time represented by the prin- 
cipal verb. 

117. As an adjective, ?i predicate, and a noun. 

118. The perfect participle denotes an action or 
state completed at the time represented by the princi- 
pal verb. 

119. It may be predicated or assumed. 

120. It is in the possessive : ** I heard of his going 
home." 

121. They are do, be, have, shall, will, may, can, 
must. They are used in the conjugation of other 
verbs. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 89 

122. An impersonal verb is one by which an action 
or state is asserted independently of any particular 
subject: as, '* It snows; " <* It seems." 

123. Tense denotes the time of an action or 
event. Six tenses: the present, the present perfect, 
the past, the past perfect, the future, and the future 
perfect. 

124. The present tense denotes simply present 
time. 

125. The present perfect tense denotes what is 
past and finished, but which is connected with the 
present. 

126. The past tense denotes simply past time. 

127. The past perfect denotes what is passed and 
finished before some other event, which is also past. 

128. The future tense denotes simply future time. 

129. The future perfect tense represents a future 
time prior to some other future time. 

130. The indicative has the six tenses ; the subjunc- 
tive has three: the preseiit, past Sind past pei]fect; the 
potential has four: the present, present perfect, past, 
and past peifect ; the imperative has one .• the pi^esent ; 
the infinitive has two: the present, and the present per- 
fect. 

131. Verbs have ^ve forms: the common, the em- 
phatic, the progressive , the passive, and the ancient. 

132. jShall in the first person, and ^(;^7^n the sec- 
ond and third, denote simple futurity; as, ** I shall 
go." <* You and he will go with me." Shall in the 
second and third person denotes necessity ; as, <* You 



90 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

and be shall not go till I come." Will in the first per- 
son denotes determination; as, *' I i(;z7^ prove my as- 
sertion." 

133. Relation is the connection or relation words 
have with one another ; agreement is the similarity 
words have with one another in person, gender, num- 
ber, case, etc. ; government is the power one word has 
over another in determining its relations. 

134. Person and number of verbs are the changes 
which they undergo to mark their agreement with their 
subjects. 

135. A verb should be singular when its subject is 
singular, when its subject is a group viewed as one 
thing, when its subject is two or more objects taken 
singly, and denoted by several terms. 

136. A verb should be plural when its subject is 
plural, when its subject is a group conceived as to its 
individual parts, when it has two or more objects 
taken collectively. 

137. Conjugation is the correct expression in regu- 
lar order of the modes, tenses, voices, numbers, and 
persons of a verb. 

138. Four forms: the regular, the emphatic, the 
progressive and the interrogative. 

139. The principal parts of a verb are the present 
indicative, the past indicative, and the perfect parti- 
ciple. 

140. The Synopsis of a verb is its variation in 
form, through the different modes and tenses, in a 
single number and person. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS O^ GRAIVIMAR. 91 

141. Place 7iot after it, or after the first auxiliary, 
but before the infinitive or the participles. 

142. Place the subject and not after the vero, or af- 
ter the first auxiliary. 

143. Defective verbs are those wanting some of 
their principal parts ; as beware, ought, quoth, ivit, 

144. Redundant verbs are those having more than 
one form for their past tense or perfect participle ; 
as, cleave; cleft, clove, or clave; cleft, cloven, or 
cleaved. 

145. To put a verb into any required form. Ex. : 
To name the tense, mode, form, voice, number and 
person of the verb. 

146. dive, — dived, dived; say, — said, said; 
drink, — drank, drunk; gird, — girded or girt; bear, 
— bore, borne; cling, — clung, clung; set, — set, set; 
lie, — laT/, lain; shoe, — shod, shod; sit, — sat, sat; 
eat, — ate, eaten; wring, — wrung, wrung; wear, — 
wore, worn; strike, — struck, struck or stricken; 
swim, — swam or swum, swum; lay, — laid, laid; 
chide, — chid, chidden or chid; dare, — durst or 
dai'ed, dared; fly, — flew, flown. 

147. An adverb is a word which modifies the mean- 
ing of a verb, adjective, participle, or an adverb. It 
is equivalent to a phrase consisting of a preposition 
and its object, limited by an object. 

148. Five classes ; abverbs of time, place, cause, 
manner, and degree. 

149. Modal adverbs show the manner of the asser- 
tion; as, yes, truly. 



92 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAINOIAR. 

150. An adverbial phrase is a combination used as a 
single adverb. 

151. Conjunctive adverbs are those which connect 
an adverbial element with the part of the principal 
proposition modified. Ex. wherCy when , while , before, 
since. 

152. *« He seems better:' *' She looks well:' 

153. Wholly — degree ; verily — modal ; asunder — 
manner ; therefore — cause ; away — place ; seldom — 
time ; almost — degree ; perhaps — manner ; why — 
cause; forth — place. 

154. A preposition is a word which shows the rela- 
tion of a noun or pronoun to some other word. 

155. A phrase; as, "at home," **in town." 

156. A complex preposition consists of two words, 
and is parsed as a single word; as, ** as far," ** from 
among." 

157. As an adverb ; as, ** They went out." 

158. With denotes an instrument; by a cause ; with 
the immediate, by the remote means. 

159. A conjunction is a word used to connect words, 
sentences, and parts of sentences. 

160. A pure conjunction forms no part of the 
sentence; it unites the materials of the sentence. 

161. They are not ; relative pronouns and conjunc- 
tive adverbs are exceptions. 

162. Into three classes: copulative, disjunctive, and 
correlative. 

163. Copulative conjunctions join on members de- 
noting an addition, consequence, cause, or supposition ; 
as, andyfor. 



ANSWEKS TO QUESTIONS ON GKA3BIAR. 93 

Disjunctive conjunctions join on members denoting 
opposition of meaning; as, but, except. 

Correlative conjunctions are copulatives or disjunc- 
tives, used in pairs, one referring or answering to an- 
other ; as, so — as, neither — nor, 

164. An interjection is a word used to express some 
sudden or strong emotion. The interjection has no defi- 
nite meaning or grammatical relation. 

165. Relative pronoun: <« This is the same as I 
found;" Correlative conjunction; **^shedidto you, 
so will I do to him;" Complex preposition: ^^ As for 
me, 1 cannot go ; " Adverb : '* It is as clear as crystal." 

166. An adverb : *' I can but think him gone;" An 
adjective: <* There is nothing but leaves;" A preposi- 
tion: ** They have all gone but you ;" A conjunction : 
** Age advances, but knowledge lingers." 

167. Syntax treats of the construction of sentences. 

168. A proposition is a thought expressed in words. 
A sentence is the assemblage of words used to express 
the thought . 

169. A principal proposition is one which makes 
complete sense when standing alone. 

170. A subordinate proposition is one which does 
not make complete sense when standing alone, but 
must be connected with another proposition. 

171. A phrase is an assemblage of words forming a 
single expression, but not making complete sense ; as, 
in haste, since then, 

172. An element is one of the component parts of a 
sentence. Analysis is the separation of a sentence into 



94 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRA>DIAR. 

its elements. Synthesis is the construction of sentences 
from words. 

173. The subject of a proposition is that of which 
something is affirmed. 

174. The predicate of a proposition is that which is 
affirmed of the subject. 

The copula is a word or group of words used to assert 
the predicate of the subject. 

175. Declarative, interrogative, imperative, and ex- 
clamatory. 

176. A declarative sentence affirms or denies some- 
thing. 

177. An interrogative sentence is one which asks a 
question. 

178. A direct question requires yes or no for an 
answer. 

An indirect question cannot be answered by yes or 
no. 

179. An imperative sentence expresses a command 
or an entreaty. 

180. An exclamatory sentence is used in the ex- 
pression of emotion. 

181. With respect to form sentences are simple, 
complex, and compound. 

182. A simple sentence contains but one proposi- 
tion: *'The sun rises in the east." 

183. A complex sentence contains one principal 
proposition, some part of which is modified by one or 
more subordinate propositions : * * The fog disappears 
when the sun rises ^ 



\aNSWEES to questions on GRAIVIMAR. 95 

184. Clauses are the propositions of which complex 
sentences are composed, 

185. A compound sentence contains two or more 
simple or complex sentences, joined by coordinate con- 
nectives. 

186. The parts of a compound sentence are called 
7nembers. 

187. The clauses of complex sentences are connected 
by relative pronouns^ conjunctions and conjunctive 
adverbs. The members of a compound sentence are 
connected by conjunctions, 

188. A transitive sentence is one whose predicate is 
a transitive verb. 

189. An intransitive sentence is one whose predicate 
is an intransitive verb. 

190. A mixed sentence nas both a transitive verb 
and an intransitive verb as predicates. 

191. An auxiliary sentence is a subordinate propo- 
sition". 

192. The subject may be a word, a phrase, or a 
clause. 

193. The predicate may be a word, a phrase, or a 
clause. 

194. A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause joined 
to a term to limit or modify its meaning. 

195. The subordinate elements are objective, ad- 
jective, and adverbial. 

196. An objective element is a word or group of 
words which completes the meaning of a transitive 



96 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

verb in the active voice, or of its participles. It is 
called the object. 

197. An adjective element is a word or group of 
words which modifies a noun, or other expression used 
as a noun. 

198. The adjective element may be an adjective, a 
participle, a noun in apposition, or a possessive. 

199. An adverbial element is a word or group of 
words used to modify a verb, adjective, participle, or 
an adverb. 

200. An independent element is a word or expression 
which has no grammatical connection with the sentence 
in which it may be used. 

201. Elements may be of the first class; as, a word ; 
of the second class ; as, a phrase; of the third class ; as, 
a clause. 

202. Simple elements, or those not restricted by a 
modifier; complex elements, or those which contain a 
leading element restricted in meaning by one or more 
modifiers; compound elements, or those consisting of 
two or more simple or complex elements. 

203. Clauses may be classed with reference to their 
use or position in sentences; as, subject clauses, predi- 
cate clauses, relative clauses, appositive clauses, inter- 
rogative clauses, objective clauses, and adverbial 
clauses. 

204. An abridged sentence is one whose predicate 
has the infinitive or participial form. 

205. The following terms should be set off by com- 
mas: 1. Parenthetical expressions. — 2. Intermediate 



ANSWEK8 TO QUESTIONS ON GEA]\OIAR. 97 

expressions, that is, such as break the essential part of 
a sentence. — 3. Dependent clauses. — 4. Words form- 
ing a series. — 5. Words or phrases in pairs. — 6. 
Noun in apposition. — 7. Absolute case. — 8. In- 
verted clauses. 

206. Capital letters should be used in the following 
cases: The first word of a sentence, — The first word 
of an example, — The first word of a direct quotation, — 
The first word of a direct question, — The first word 
after a period, — The first word after an interroga- 
tion, — Numbered clauses, — The pronoun I and the 
interjection O, — The first word of every line of 
poetry, — Proper names, — Adjectives derived from 
proper names, — Names of the Deity. 

207. ** Things look much more favorable this morn- 
ing." Favorable modifies things^ and should be an 
adjective. *' The command of a division was given to 
'Washington." The object of the active verb, and not 
that of a preposition should be made the subject of the 
passive verb. "The most tremendous civil war ^/i a ^ 
history records." That should be used in preference to 
which after the superlative degree. '* To say he is re- 
lieved, is the same as to say he is dismissed." It is im- 
proper to use different forms of the verb in the same 
construction. ** We agree on this." Needless passive 
forms should be avoided. 

208. A figure of speech is a deviation from the or- 
dinary form, regular construction, or literal significa- 
tion of words. 

7 



98 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 

209. Into figures of orthography, syntax, and rhet- 
oric. 

210. A figure of orthography is a deviation from 
the ordinary spelling or pronunciation of words. A 
figure of syntax is a deviation from the ordinary con- 
struction or arrangement of words. A figure of 
rhetoric is a deviation from the ordinary application of 
words. 

211. Apheresis; as, Against, for against. Prosthe- 
sis ; as, beloved, for loved. Syncope; as, o'e?-, for 
over. Apocope; as, yond, for yonder. Syneresis; 
as, don't, for do not. 

212. Ellipsis is the omission of a word, phrase, or 
clause, which must be supplied to complete the mean- 
ing. 

213. Enallage is the use of one part of speech or 
of one form of a word for another. Ex. We, for /. 
Methiiiks, for I think. 

214. Simile: *' He is like a giant: " Allegory: 
Bun3^an's Pilgrims' Progress; Metonymy: ^^Intem- 
perance kills more than the sivord; " Personification: 
^'Joy gave him happiness; " Irony: *' Sure, Brutus is 
an honorable man;" Hyperbole: "Then, swift as 
light, their swords flashed;" Synecdoche: gold, for 
money; Antithesis : *' Virtue ennobles, vice debases-, " 
Epigram " Nothing so fallacious as facts, except fig- 
ures; " Paralipsis : " I will not call him villain, for it 
would be unparliamentary." 

215. Versification is the art of making verse. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GRAMMAR. 99 

Verse is the musical arrangement of words, according 
to some regular accent. 

216. A poetic foot is a collection of syllables, one of 
which is accented. 

217. The Iambus, two syllables, second accented, 
enthrall; the Trochee, two syllables, first accented, 
raven; the Anapest, three syllables, the last accented, 
countersign ; the Dactyl, three syllables, the first ac- 
cented, pr'incipal. 

218. Rhyme is a similarity of sound between succes- 
sive lines or lines at regular intervals. Blank verse is 
verse without rhyme. 

219. A stanza is a combination of lines constituting 
a division of a poem.. 

220. A caesural pause is a slight pause made in or 
near the middle of poetic lines 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

1. Define Geography. How divided? 

2. Define Mathematical Geography. 

3. What is Political Geography? 

4. Define Physical Geography. 

5. State three facts which prove the lotundity of 
the earth. 

6. What is the generally accepted reason for the 
flattening of the earth at the poles ? 

7. (a) Give the length in miles of the equatorial 
diameter. (6) The polar diameter, (c) The earth's 
circumference, (d) The earth's extent of surface. 
(e) What proportion is water? 

8. What revolutions has the earth? Explain the 
cause of each. 

9. What proofs can you give for the earth's daily 
rotation ? 

10. State the cause of the change from day to night. 

11. Explain the cause of winter and summer. 

12. What position does the earth occupy in the solar 
system ? 

13. What is the inclination of the earth's axis? 
100 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 101 

14. What is the length of the earth's orbit? 

15. Into what zones is the earth's surface divided? 
What is the width of each in degrees? 

16. Why are the tropics and polar circles placed 
just where they are ? 

17. What imaginary lines would be removed from 
the surface of the globe if its axis were perpendicular 
to the plane of its orbit, and what would be the effect 
upon the seasons, and on the length of day and night? 

18. If the rotary motion of the earth were to cease, 
what change would be made in the distribution of wa- 
ter on the surface of the earth? 

19. Mention five causes which produce oceanic cur- 
rents. 

20. Name four effects of ocean currents. 

21. When are the days and nights equal throughout 
the globe? 

22. What is the horizon? 

23. What is a great circle of the earth? A small 
circle? Give an example of each. 

24. What is a meridian circle? A meridian? 

25. What do you 'mean by the circle of illumina- 
tion? 

26. What is latitude? Longitude? 

27. What is the greatest latitude a place can have? 
Why ? The greatest longitude ? Why ? 

28. (a) Philadelphia and Denver are in the same 
latitude ; would the parallel be the shortest distance 
between them measured on the earth's surface? (5) 
Is there ^ny parallel which is the shortest distance be- 
tween two points situated upon it ? 



102 QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

29. If the inclination of the earth were 20 degrees 
from the vertical, what would be the width of each 
zone? 

30. Name the countries crossed by the Tropic of 
Cancer. By the equator. 

31. Give the approximate latitude of the following 
cities: New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Wash- 
ington, Montreal, Chicago, New York, Havana, Lon- 
don, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Kome, St. Petersburg, 
Constantinople, Eio Janeiro. 

32. Where is there neither latitude nor longitude? 

33. How many degrees is Washington west of 
Greenwich ? 

34. What are the following: Island, Arcl ipelago. 
Peninsula, Cape, Isthmus? 

35. What is a Mountain? Mountain Kange? Vol- 
cano? Water Shed? 

36. Why is the climate of England milder than that 
of Labrador? 

.37. Name and locate the four most celebrated vol- 
canoes. 

38. Name the warm ocean currents. The cold cur- 
rents. 

39. Where, on the 21st of June at the Arctic Circle, 
would you look for sunrise ? 

40. Define the following : Cascade, Confluence, 
Frith or Estuary, Glacier, Avalanche. 

41. What is the Ecliptic? Why so called? What 
is its mean distance from the sun? What is its 
length ? * ^ 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 103 

42. What is the earth's orbital velocity? 

43. Under what circumstances would summer and 
winter be longer than at present? 

44. Which has the lono:er twiliojht June 21, Havana 
or Quebec? Explain why. 

45. What is climate? Upon what conditions does 
it depend ? 

46. How does the temperature vary with altitude 
and distance from the equator ? 

47. Why are the western coasts of Europe and the 
United States warmer than the eastern coasts of Asia 
and the United States ? 

48. Into what general classes is mankind divided? 
Give an example of each class. 

49. What are the political divisions of the world? 

50. What is a Eepublic? Empire? Kingdom? 
Limited Monarchy ? Absolute Monarchy ? Give ex- 
amples of each. 

51. What is a village? Town? City? A capital 
of a state or country? The Metropolis? 

52. What are the chief industrial pursuits? 

53. Distinguish between the two kinds of Com- 
merce. Between imports and exports. 

54. Name the four grades of social condition of 
mankind. 

55. Name the four principal religious systems. 

56. What are the Equinoxes? When dp they oc- 
cur? 

57. Explain what you mean by the Solstices, and 
state when they occur. 



104 QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

58. Name the grand divisions of the earth, and af- 
ter each write the name of its principal mountain sys- 
tem. 

59. Name the eight largest islands in their order of 
size. 

60. Give in round numbers the area of each of the 
grand divisions. 

61. Name and give length of principal river of each 
grand division. 

62. To what is the terni Antarctic Ocean applied ? 

63. How much more land does the North Temperate 
zone contain than the South Temperate? 

64. Name ten peninsulas which project in a south- 
erly direction. 

65. How far north have navigators explored? 

66. What was the only beast of burden possessed 
by the aborigines of America ? 

67. Why is the region about the Antarctic Circle 
colder than that of the Arctic Circle ? 

68. Name the ten largest gulfs and bays that wash 
the coast of North America. 

69. Name the ten largest lakes of North America. 

70. Into what four classes is the surface of North 
America naturally divided ? 

71. Name the political divisions of North America. 

72. Name the principal wild animals of North 
America. 

73. What is the area of the United States? Its 
population? Breadth from north to south? Length 
from east to west ? 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 105 

74. What races may be found in the United States? 

75. What are canons? What river is remarkable 
for its numerous and deep canons ? 

76. ITor what are the rivers of the Atlantic plain 
remarkable? 

77. What political divisions do the United States 
comprise? 

78. Name the ten largest cities of the United States. 

79. Why has the northeastern part of the United 
States been foremost in manufacturing industries? 

80. Name five principal exports of the United 
States. Five principal imports. 

81. Locate and define the following : Ottawa, 
Yukon, Hatt eras, Yucatan, Nicaragua, Hayti, Halifax, 
Sitka, Bathurst, Bermuda, Sandusky, Yankton, The 
Thousand Isles, Mackinaw, Itasca, Tehuantepec, Gila, 
Height of Land, Kodyak, Fundy. 

82. Compare the New England States with Cali- 
fornia in size. With Texas. 

83. If Texas were placed across the United States 
from Washington City westward, how far would it 
extend ? 

84. State the location of the followinsr colleo^es: 
Yale, Harvard, Brown University, Dartmouth, Vassar, 
William and Mary College. 

85. Name the States and their capitals that border 
on the Mississippi River. 

86. In what two industries do the Middle States ex- 
cel all others ? 

87. What is the government of the District of Co- 
lumbia? 



106 QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

88. In what respect is Chesapeake Bay remarkable? 

89. What three large cities are in nearly the same 
latitude as Philadelphia? How do they compare in 
climate? Give the reason for your answer. 

90. Of what benefit are sand-bars and islands lying 
off the coast of North Carolina? 

91. Name the peculiar productions of North Caro- 
lina. How are they obtained ? . 

92. Give a detailed description of Florida. 

93. How are the lowlands along the Mississippi 
rendered tillable ? 

94. Whence comes the moss used for cushions and 
mattresses ? 

95. What is the Red Eiver Raft? 

96. By whom, and for what purpose was Indian 
Territory set apart ? 

97. Compare the eastern tributaries of the Missis- 
sippi with the western in the following respects : (1 ) 
Rapidity of descent. (2) Navigable distance. (3) 
Extent of surface drained. (4) Time of subsidence. 

98. What is the natural center of population of 
the United States? Give reasons for your answer. 

99. Name ten productions of the Mississippi Valley. 

100. How do steamboats pass the falls at Louisville ? 

101. For what is Chicago remarkable ? Name four 
points. 

102. Why is the climate of Michigan milder than 
other States in the same latitude ? 

103. How do vessels pass from Lake Superior to 
Lake Michigan ? 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 107 

104. Why is southwestern Michigan particularly 
adapted to fruit culture ? 

105. (a) Locate Yellowstone National Park, (b) 
Give its area, (c) By whom and for what set apart? 
(d) Name five features which render it a natural 
wonder, (e) What three rivers have their source in 
this park? 

106. Name the capitals of tne ten territopes. 

107. Why is the Red River of the North impor- 
tant? 

108. Compare the natural commercial advantages of 
the Atlantic and Pacific States. 

109. What and where are the following: Dry 
Tortugas, Managua, The Panhandle, The Eastern Shore, 
Sandy Hook? 

110. What waters surround New York City ? 

111. Name the largest lake in each grand division. 

112. (a) Where do navigators change their time? 
(b) Under what circumstances do they add a day and 
drop a day ? 

113. In what city is it 6 p. m. when it is noon at 
London? 

114. On the 21st of June at noon which way are the 
shadows cast at London, Tunis, Mecca, Rio Janeiro, 
Muscat ? 

115. Name, in order, the five most populous powers. 

116. Name the States which excel in the following 
productions: Corn, Wheat, Oats, Potatoes, Sweet Po- 
tatoes, Tobacco, Cotton, Wool, Manufacturing pro- 
ducts. Mining products. 



108 QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

117. How does the extent of the railroad system of 
the United States compare with that of European 
countries ? 

118. Which is the most densely populated country? 

119. Trace the ** International Date Line." 

120. Where is the center of population of the United 
States ? 

121. Name the States crossed by the 40th parallel. 

122. Name the waters upon which a boat would ply 
from Nashville to Little Kock. 

123. Why has Rhode Island two capitals? 

124. For what are the following cities noted : Spring- 
field, Mass., Annapolis, Pittsburg, Paterson, Indian- 
apolis? 

125. What and where are the following: Salado, 
Popocatepetl, Welland, Elburz, Batavia, Ormus, Brest, 
Finland, Manilla, Tenneriffe? 

126. What portions of icebergs are under water? 

127. By whom is Greenland inhabited? Why 
called Greenland? 

128. For what is Iceland remarkable? By whom 
peopled? What is their language? 

129. What is the chief value of Alaska? 

130. Name the principal American possessions of 
Great Britian ? 

131. What provinces are embraced in the Dominion 
of Canada? 

132. How is the Dominion of Canada governed? 

133. What country furnishes the greater portion of 
furs to the world? 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 109 

134. How do vessels pass from the great lakes to the 
ocean? 

135. For what is the Bay of Funcly noted ? Explain 
the cause. 

136. In what are nearly all the people of New- 
foundland employed? 

137. Name the largest city of the following States: 
Vermont, North Carolina, Arkansas, Oregon, Nevada. 

138. (a) Which State has the greatest number of 
electoral votes ? (b) Upon what does this depend? 

139. (a) Of how many members does the House of 
Representatives consist (1884)? (b) What is the basis 
of representation? 

140. Name the cities which have been capitals of the 
United States. 

141. Why is the passage from New York to Liver- 
pool shorter than that from Liverpool to New York? 

142. What and where are the following : Tapajos, 
Tchad, Anticosti, The Levant, The Three Rivers, Pem- 
bina, Altacama, Heart's Content, Otranto, Severn, 
Taranto ? 

143. What two States have neariy the same area? 

144. What are the only French possessions in North 
America? 

146. How do the United States compare in size with 
Brazil ? 

146. Compare Illinois with England in size and 
population. 

147. What is remarkable about the climate of Mex- 
ico? 



110 QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

148. What kind of government has Mexico? Of 
what composed ? Who are its people ? What are its 
exports ? 

149. Of what does Central America consist? 

150. What gives Central America importance to the 
world ? 

151. How is the intense heat of the West Indies 
modified? 

152. Name five valuable exports of the West Indies. 
Who are its people? What is their number? Of how 
many islands do the West Indies consist ? 

153. For what is Havana noted? 

154. What peculiar navigable advantages has the 
Amazon? 

155. A vessel sails from Baltimore to Maracaybo, 
touching at Vera Cruz, name the waters upon which 
she sails. 

156. Why is South America not well adapted for 
commerce ? 

157. What character of government prevails in 
South America? What is the prevailing religion? 
Population, number, and origin? 

158. W^hat is the government of Brazil ? How does 
the country compare in population with the U. S.? 

159. What capital of South America is in the same 
lonofitude as Washino^ton ? How does their time com- 
pare ? 

160. Name the greatest mountain chain of South 
America ; the highest mountain ; the largest city ; the 
largest gulf. 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. Ill 

161*. Name the countries of South America, and after 
each write the name of its capital. 

162. Caracas is in longitude 07° W., St. Louis is in 
99° 15' W. How does their time compare? 

163. What are the lowlands of South America 
called in the different river basins? 

164. In what part of the world is the largest bird of 
prey? 

165. Describe the great plains of South America 
with reference to their vegetable and animal pro- 
ductions. 

166. Mention ten of the most valuable productions 
of South America. 

167. Name five forest trees of South America of 
great commercial value. 

168. What are the five chief commercial cities of 
South America? 

169. Which is the most enterprising nation of South 
America? To what is this due? 

170. What language is spoken in Brazil ? Why? 

171. To whom do the Falkland Islands belong ? Im- 
portance ? 

172. What is particularly remarkable about the 
Galapagos Islands ? 

173. What and where are tne following: Chiloe, 
Cuzco, Frio, Maracaybo, Aspinwall, Cartagena, Para, 
Eosario, Guayaquil, Popayan, Corrientcs, San Fran- 
cisco, Tucuman, Angastura, Xingu, Cotopaxi, Panama, 
Maderia, Joannes, Bahia? 



112 QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

174. Where is the only part of the world to which 
the cinchona-tree is indigenous? What can you say of 
the supply? 

175. What is the only nation in America without a 
sea-front ? 

176. Which nations own no islands except those 
along their coasts termed littoral islands? 

177. What is the area and population of Europe ? 

178. How does the coast-line of Europe compare 
with that of the other grand divisions? What ad- 
vantages accrue from an extensive coast line ? 

179. Name ten seas that wash the shores of Europe. 

180. What forms of government prevail in Europe, 
and how many of each ? 

181. Name the countries of Europe and after each 
write the name of its capital. 

182. Name the Republics of Europe. 

183. Which is the oldest Republic of the world? 

184. Which countries of Europe have the same 
king ? 

185. What causes the great emigration from Europe 
to America? 

186. What striking features exist in the political ge- 
ography of Europe ? 

187. Name five gulfs or bays that wash the shores 
of Europe. 

188. Compare the latitude of St. Petersburg with 
some prominent point in America. 

189. Name in order the ten largest cities of Europe. 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 113 

190. Locate the following: Lipari Islands, Lake 
Como, Palermo, Elba, Hamburg. 

191. Name the waters upon which a vessel would 
sail by the shortest route from Genoa to Trieste. 

192. What countries occupy the Great Low Plain of 
Europe ? 

193. Name and locate the foreign possessions of 
Great Britain. 

194. Compare the winter climate of England and 
South Carolina, and give a reason for your answer. 

195. How do the railroads of England differ from 
those of the U. S.? 

196. Why is Birmingham said to be in the Black 
Country ? 

197. For what are the followins: cities noted : Liv- 
erpool, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, Sheffield, Portsmouth, Oxford, Cambridge? 

198. What is the length of twilight in northern 
Scotland at the summer solstice? 

199. How many and what telegraph cables con- 
nect America with Europe? 

200. What and where are the following : Kiev, 
Riga, Wenner, Dwina, Kiolen, Cattegat, Pesth, Candia, 
Gottenburg, Dovrefield, Astrakan, Munich, Crimea, 
Cologne, Wilna, Wener, The Naze, Bucharest, Dantzic, 
Finland? 

201. Describe the climate of Ireland. 

202. For what are the following cities noted : Bel- 
fast, Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux, Glasgow? 

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114 QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

203. Compare the climate about the G. of Finland 
with that of the harbor of Hammerfest. Explain the 
cause. 

204. What country of Europe is the richest in min- 
eral productions ? 

205. What people carry on nearly all the trade of 
Austria, Hungary, and Poland? 

206. What are respectively the centers of the inland 
and foreign trade of Austria ? 

207 . What are the most famous quicksilver mines of 
the world? 

208. What is ** The Key to the East? '* 

209. What is the military importance of Gibraltar? 

210. What and where is the *' Alhambra? " 

211. Describe the lo cation of Venice? 

212. How does the German Empire compare in area 
and population with Texas ? 

213. Name two famous watering places of Europe. 
Locate them. 

214. Where is amber found on the surface? 

215. Which is the best cultivated country of the 
world ? 

216. From what country and through what rivers 
does water flow into four great seas of Europe? 

217. Name the characteristics of the Dutch. Of the 
Swiss. 

218. Where is the most fertile land of Europe? 

219. Which is the greatest grain market of the world ? 

220. What three nations control over one-third of 
the world? 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 115 

221. Describe and locate the Steppes of Russia. 

222. In what part of Europe are famous fairs held? 

223. \Yhich is farther from London, a town 2° west 
or one 2^ north of it? Explain your answer. 

224. What and where are the two great shipping 
ports of Russia? 

225. What is the religion of the Russians? 
296. To what race do the Russians belong? 

227. Where do the following people live : Amphis- 
cians, Antiscians, Ascians, Periecians, Pericians, Anti- 
podes? 

228. Name the waters upon which a vessel sails by 
the shortest route from St. Petersburg to Odessa. 

229. What is the. width of Dover Strait, Gibraltar, 
Behring? 

230. From what nations are the Italians derived? 

231. What language is chiefly spoken in the follow- 
ing cities : Havana, Constantinople, Quebec, Rio Ja- 
neiro, Berne? 

232. Where are the Valdai Hills ? The Matterhorn ? 

233. WhatisaMercatorMaD? By whom invented? 
For what purpose? 

23-4. State the advantages and disadvantao:es of Mer- 
cator's Map. 

235. State the principal points of resemblance and 
difference between (a) the British Parliament and 
the Congress of the U. S.; (b) between the Executive 
powers of the two countries. 

236. AYhat country in the world has the longest and 
most numerous lines of railroad? 



116 QUESTIONS ON GEOGKAPHY. 

237. Name five principal mountain systems of Asia. 

238. Name in order the five longest rivers of Asia. 

239. What are the political divisions of Asia? 

240. Name the seas, gulfs, and bays which surround 
Asia, beofinninoj at the N. W. 

241. Locate the following cities of Asia : Tobolsk, 
Kelat, Tomsk, Madras, Hong Kong, Irkoutsk, Tokio, 
Aden, Colombo, Khiva, Lassa, Bankok, Lucknow, 
Cabul, Teheran, Smyrna, Tientsin, Kashgar, Surat, 
Mecca, Shanghai, Medina, Cashmere, Hue, Omsk, 
Mandalay, Ozaka, Aleppo, Tiflis, Nankin, Damascus, 
Ispahan, Mocha, Beyroot, Fuh Chau. 

242. Name the two principal foxms of religion of 
Asia and state their distinctive features. 

243. What do the suffixes stcniy chow, ho andkiang 
added to Asiatic names signify? 

244. What is the character of the surface of 
Siberia ? 

245. Has a passage along the northern coast of 
Europe and Asia ever been made ? 

246. Where and from what is ivory obtained in Si- 
beria ? 

247. What are the principal exports of Asiatic 
Turkey ? 

248. How do most of the tribes of Arabia, Turke- 
stan, Tibet, etc., live? 

249. What are the estimated area and population of 
thina? 

250. Name and describe some of the most famous 
public works of China. 



QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 117 

251. Is the production of tea limited to China? i.e., 
Can it be cultivated elsewhere? Explain fully. 

252. Enumerate the uses of the bamboo. 

253. How do you account for the non-progressive 
spirit of the Chinese and at the same time for their in- 
genuity ? 

254. Where is the largest known collection of in- 
habitants ? 

255. Name the four large islands of Japan? How 
many smaller ones ? 

256. What are the principal articles of commerce 
obtained from Arabia ? 

257. From what and how is Gutta-Percha obtained? 

258. What is sago? How obtained? 

259. Name the Treaty, or Free ports, of Japan 
open to the U. S. 

260. What valuable woods are found in Siam ? 

261. Name ten exports of Hindoostan. Where pro- 
duced? 

262. From what is opium made? To what extent 
is it used in China? 

263. How does the quality and flavor of such fruits 
as grapes, pears, peaches, watermelons, etc., grown in 
dry countries compare with the same when grown in 
moist countries ? 

264. For what purpose is Siberia used by Russia? 

265. Where do the " Fire Worshippers " live? 

266. What and where are the Tundras ? 

267. What and where are the following : Tulare, 
Zealand, Agulhas, Chincha, Land's End? 



118 QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

268. Enumerate five causes for our limited knowl- 
edge of Africa. 

269. Locate and define the following: Nubia, 
Sof ala, Lululand, Algeria, Victoria Nyanza, Tunis, 
Monrovia, Port Said, Zambesi, Orange, Natal, Tchad 
Canary, Tananarivo, Dahomey, Comoro, Zanzibar, 
Congo, Alexandria, Oran. 

270 Name the political divisions of Africa. 

271. Which are the Barbary States? Their chief 
products ? 

272. To what race do the Egyptians belong? What 
is their lanffuaore ? Their rulinor class ? Prevailino^ re- 
ligion? 

273. How does the temperature of the Sahara by 
day compare with the temperature at night? 

274. What and where is Liberia? 

275. Describe the Suez Canal. Who constructed 
it? 

276. What does Oceanica comprise ? What is its ex- 
tent? 

277. Contrast Australia and the United States in 
respect to area, climate, seasons, vegetation, animals. 

278. Describe the natives of Australia. 

279. Three persons separate in St. Louis, January 
1, 1883. A starts eastward to go round the world; 
B journeys west, also to go round the world, and C 
remains in St. Louis. On the evening of December 31 . 
1883, they meet again in St. Louis, A and B having 
just completed the circuit of the w^orld. How many 
days has each seen in the year? 



ANSWEKS TO QXJESTIONS OX GEOGRAPHY. 119 

280. A vessel goes from Chicago to Shanghai by 
Avay of the Suez Canal ; name the waters upon which 
she sails. 

281. (a) Explain what is meant by '* standard 
time." (6) By whom and when adopted ? (c) How 
many and what divisions of time in the United States? 

282. Name three important cities of the Mississippi 
Valley having nearly the same standard and local time. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

1. Geography is a description of the earth's sur- 
face, its countries and their inhabitants. It is treated 
under three divisions: Mathematical, Political and 
Physical Geography. 

2. Mathematical Geography treats of the form, 
size and motions of the earth, and its relations to other 
heavenly bodies. 

3. Political Geography treats of the divisions 
formed by man for the purpose of government, the 
people, religion, customs, and government. 

4. Physical Geography treats of the natural divi- 
sions of land and water, climate, productions, and their 
effects upon the animal creation. 

5. 1st. Ships have sailed around it. 2d. The hull 
of an outgoing vessel is the first to disappear from 
sight. 3d. The shadow which the earth casts upon 
the moon during an eclipse is circular. 



120 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAlPHY. 

6. Its revolution during its plastic state. 

7. (a) 7,925V2 miles, (b) 7,899 miles, (c) 24,- 
899 miles, (d) 196,900,278 square miles, (e) About 
three-fourths. 

8. Two: A daily and a yearly. The daily is 
caused by the earth's turning on its axis. The yearly, 
by the earth's revolution around the sun. 

9. 1st. The flattening of the earth at the poles. 
2d. If a number of balls be let fall from the summit of 
a high tower they will fall eastward of a vertical line. 
The top of the tower being farther from the center of 
the earth than its base, has a greater centrifugal force 
than the base, and hence, tends to throw the balls east- 
ward. 3d. The diminished weight of bodies at the 
equator is partly due to the centrifugal force caused 
by the earth's rotation. 4th. Since all the heavenly 
bodies turn upon their axes, it is reasonable to suppose 
the Earth is no exception. 

10. The daily revolution, presenting one-half of the 
earth's surface to the sun. 

11. During the winter season north of the equator 
the rays of the sun fall obhquely upon that portion of 
the earth ; during the northern summer the sun's rays 
fall more nearly vertical, and thus concentrate the 
heat. 

12. It is the third from the sun. 

13. It leans 23V2 degrees from the perpendicular. 

14. 577,000,000 miles. 

15. Into one torrid, two temperate, and two frigid 
zones. The torrid is 47 degrees in width, the temper- 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 121 

ate zones are each 43 degrees wide, and the frigid zones 
are 231/2 degrees respectively. 

16. The tropics mark the limit of the sun's vertical 
rays north and south of the equator. The polar circles 
mark the limit of the sun's oblique rays. Ex. On 
the 21st of June, when the sun's rays are vertical to 
the Tropic of Cancer, the extreme southern limit of 
the sun's oblique rays is marked by the antarctic cir- 
cle. 

17. The tropics ana polar circles would be removed. 
There would be no change of seasons. The days and 
nights would be equal throughout the globe. 

18. The waters of the ocean would settle about the 
poles. 

19. 1st. The rotation of the earth on its axis. 2d. 
Difference in the densities of the waters of the polar 
and tropic seas. 3d. Immense evaporation in the 
equatorial regions. 4th. Winds and tides. 5th. The 
melting of polar ice and snow. 

20. 1st. Modification of the extremes of climate. 
2d. Advantage to commerce by shortening the time of 
ocean navigation. 3d. Distribution of animal and 
vegetable life. 4th. They render the globe healthful 
by carrying off decaying vegetable and animal matter. 

21. On the 21st of March and the 22d of Septem- 
ber, on which days the sun's rays are vertical on the 
equator. 

22. The horizon is that circle upon which the earth 
and sky appear to meet. 



122 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

23. A great circle is one which divides the earth into 
two equal parts. Ex. The equator. A small circle is 
one that divides the earth into two unequal parts. Ex. 
The tropics and polar circles. 

24. A meridian circle passes through the poles. A 
meridian is half a meridian circle and extends from 
pole to pole. 

25. The circle of illumination separates the dark 
side of the earth from the light. 

26. Latitude is distance north and south of the 
equator towards the poles. Longitude is distance east 
and west of some given meridian, measured on paral- 
lels in degrees. 

27. 90 degrees north or south, because latitude does 
not extend beyond the poles. The greatest longitude 
cannot be more than 180 degrees east or west, because 
longitude is reckoned both ways from a given meridian 
to the other half of a meridian forming with the start- 
ing point a meridian circle. 

28. (a) It would not. (b) Yes, the equator. 

29. The torrid zone would extend 20 deo:rees each 
side of the equator, and would be 40 degrees wide. 
The frigid zones would each be 20 degrees, while the 
temperate zones would be 50 degrees wide. 

30. The Tropic of Cancer crosses Mexico, Sahara, 
Nubia, Turkey, Arabia, Hindostan, Birmah, and 
China. The equator crosses Ecuador, U. S. of Co- 
lombia, Brazil, Lower Guinea, Ethiopia, Zanguebar, 
Sumatra, Borneo, and the Celebes. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 123 

31. New Orleans, 30' ; Philadelphia, 40°; St. 
Louis, 381/2°; Washington, 39"; Montreal, 46°; Chi- 
cago, 42"; New York, 41°; Havana, 23°; London, 
511/2°; Paris, 49°; Berlin, 521/2°; Vienna, 48°; Rome, 
42°; St. Petersburg, 60"; Constantinople, 41° ; Rio 
Janeiro, 23° south. 

32. Where any prime meridian, as that of Wash- 
ington or Greenwich, crosses the equator. 

33. 77 degrees. 

34. An island is a body of land entirely sur- 
rounded by water. An archipelago is a group of 
islands. A peninsula is a body of land nearly sur- 
rounded by water. A cape is a point of land extend- 
ing into the water. An isthmus is a neck of land 
connecting: two laro^er bodies of land. 

35. A mountain is a great elevation of land. A 
mountain range is a connected line of mountains. A 
volcano is a mountain which sends forth fire, smoke, 
ashes, and lava. A water shed is the ridge or elevated 
land from which water flows in different directions. 

36. The gulf stream, warmed J)y the equatorial 
heat, gives off its warmth to the British Isles, while 
the cold Arctic winds and currents render Labrador 
too cold for cultivation. 

37. Vesuvius, in southern Italy; Etna, in Sicily; 
Hecla, in Iceland ; Cotopaxi, in Ecuador. 

38. The Equatorial Current, Gulf Stream, and the 
Japan Current are warm ; the Arctic and Antarctic cur- 
rents are cold. 

39. Toward the North Pole. 



124 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

40. A cascade is a stream flowing down a precipice. 
A confluence is the meeting of two rivers. A Frith 
or Estuary is the narrow and deep inlet of the sea at 
the mouth of a river. A glacier is a mass of snow and 
ice moving sloioly down the side of a mountain. An 
avalanche is a mass of snow, ice, and earth rolling 
down the side of a mountain. 

41. The Ecliptic is the orbit, or path, which the 
earth describes in its yearly revolution. It is so called 
because the eclipses of the sun and moon happen in or 
near its plane. Its mean distance from ths sun is 92,- 
000,000 miles. The length of the orbit is 578,000,000 
miles. 

42. The velocity of the earth is 1,099 miles a min- 
ute. 

43. If the inclination of the earth's axis were greater 
than at present the vertical rays of the sun would ex- 
tend farther north and south than the present tropics, 
and, consequently, prolong the summers and win- 
ters. 

44. Quebec has the longer twilight. On June 21, 
at Havana, the sun in setting passes downward verti- 
cally. At Quebec, on same day, the sun in setting 
north of west passes downward diagonally toward the 
north, thus leaving the reflection of its rays above the 
horizon longer than when it sets due west. 

45. Climate is the condition of a place in relation 
to its temperature, moisture, and atmosphere. It is 
influenced by latitude, elevation, prevailing winds, 
nearness to the ocean, and mountain ranges. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 125 

46. The temperature diminishes 1° for every 350 
feet of elevation, and 1° for every 100 miles from the 
equator. 

47. The western coast of Europe is warmed by the 
Gulf Stream ; the Japan Current imparts its moisture 
and warmth to the western coast of the U. S. The 
eastern shores of Asia and America are cooled by cold 
currents from the Arctic Ocean. 

48. The Caucasian, or white race; Ex. Europeans 
and their descendants ; The Mongolian, or yellow 
race; Ex. Chinese, Japanese, and Esquimaux; The 
Malay, or brown race; Ex. The inhabitants of Malay 
Peninsula and East Indies; American Indian, or red 
race; Ex. The Indians of the Territories; The Ethi- 
opian, or black race; Ex. The inhabitants of Lower 
and Upper Guinea. 

49. Republics, Empires, Kingdoms. 

50. A Republic is a country governed by represen- 
tatives elected by the people; Ex. The United States, 
Peru ; An Empire is a region comprising several coun- 
tries governed by a monarch styled Emperor ; Ex. 
Russia, Germany. A Kingdom is a country governed 
by a King or Queen; Ex, Spain, Denmark. A Lim- 
ited Monarchy is a government in which the power of 
the monarch is limited by law; Ex. Great Britain, 
Prussia. An Absolute Monarchy is a government in 
which the power of the ruler is unlimited ; Ex. Russia, 
China. 

51. A village is a small collection of houses and in- 
habitants. A town is larger than a village. Cities are 



126 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

large towns having special privileges granted by law. 
The capital is the city in which the laws are made. 
The Metropolis is that city of a state or country which 
contains the largest number of inhabitants. 

52. Agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, mining, 
lumbering, fishing, hunting, and trapping. 

53. Commerce carried on between parts of the same 
country is called domestic; carried on between differ- 
ent countries is called foreign. Imports are goods 
brought into a country, exports are those sent out. 

54. Civilized, half-civilized, barbarous, and savage. 

55. Christian, Jewish, Mohammedan, and Pagan. 

56. Equinoxes, meaning equal nights, are times in 
the year when the sun's rays fall vertical to the equa- 
tor. They occur March 20 and September 22. 

57. The Solstices, meaning the sun standing; are 
times in the year when the sun's rays fall vertical to 
the tropics. The summer solstice occurs June 21, the 
the winter solstice, December 21. During the former 
the sun's rays are vertical to the Tropic of Cancer, 
when the days are longest north of the equator. Dur- 
ing the winter solstice the sun's rays are vertical to the 
Tropic of Capricorn, when the days are longest south 
of the equator. 

58. North America — The Rocky Mountains; South 
America — The Andes; Europe — The Alps; Asia — 
The Himalaya ; Africa — The Atlas. 

59. Australia, Greenland, Borneo, New Guinea, 
Madagascar, Sumatra, Niphon, Great Britain. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 127 

60. North America, 9,000,000 square miles; South 
America, 7,000,000; Europe, 3,800,000; Asia, 17,- 
000,000; Africa, 11,500,000. 

Gl. North America, Mississippi — 4,396 miles; 
South America, Amazon — -3,596 miles; Europe, 
Volga — 2,351 ; Asia, Yenisei — 3,688; Africa, Nile — 
3,895 miles. 

62. To the waters supposed to lie south of the Ant- 
arctic Circle. 

63. Thirteen times as much. 

64. Alaska, California, Florida, Spain, Arabia, Indo- 
China, Corea, Kamtchatka, Africa, and Malacca. 

65. Cape Union 82° 10' north. 

66. The Llama of Peru. 

• 67. In the Antarctic regions there are no land 
masses to receive and diffuse the rays of the sun as in 
the Arctic regions. 

68. Gulf of Mexico; Hudson Bay; Baffin Bay; 
Gulf of St. Lawrence; California; Chesapeake Bay; 
Delaware Bay ; James Bay ; Bay of Campeachy ; Bay 
of Honduras. 

69. Great Bear, Great Slave, Athabasca, Winni- 
peg, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario, Nica- 
ragua. 

70. The Western Highland, the Eastern Highland, 
the Low Central Plain, and the Atlantic Plain. 

71. British America, Danish America (Greenland 
and Iceland ), United States, Mexico, Central American 
Republics, The West Indies. 



128 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

72. In the north: polar bear, reindeer, musk-ox, 
moose, walrus, grizzly bear ; in the central part: bison, 
deer, peccary; in the south, the alligator. 

73. Area, 3000000 square miles. Population, 
50000000. Breadth from north to south, 1300 miles. 
Length from east to west, 2500 miles. 

74. The White race, Indians, Chinese, and Negroes. 

75. Deep cuts, or gorges, many hundred feet deep 
lined by perpendicular walls, formed by the flowing 
of rivers. The Colorado River has the most frightful 
canons in the world. 

76. For their numerous falls, furnishing excellent 
water-power. 

77. Thirty-eight states, ten territories, and one 
federal district. 

78. New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, 
St. Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Fran- 
cisco, New Orleans. 

79. Because of its abundant water-power, fuel, labor, 
and superior commercial facilities. 

80. Exports: Cotton, breadstuffs, provisions, petro- 
leum, and tobacco. Imports: Dry goods, sugar, 
coffee, tea, tin. 

81. Consult map of North America. 

82. New England is about four-fifths as large as 
California, and about one-fourth as large as Texas. 

83. From Washington City to Jefferson City, Mo. 

84. Yale, New Haven, Ct. ; Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Mass.; Brown University, Providence, 
R. I. ; Dartmouth, Hanover, N. 11. ; Vassar, Pough* 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY 129 

keepsie, N. Y. ; William and Mary College Williams- 
burg, Va. 

85. Minnesota, St. Paul; Wisconsin, Madison; 
Iowa, Des Moines; Illinois, Springfield; Missouri, 
Jefferson City; Kentucky, Frankfort; Tennessee, 
Nashville; Arkansas, Little Rock; Mississippi, Jack- 
son; Louisiana, Baton Rouge. 

86. In the value of their manufactures and com- 
merce. 

87. Its gQvernment is similar to that of the terri- 
tories. The Governor is appointed by the President 
and Senate. It has one delegfate to Confrress. 

88. For the variety, excellence, and abundance of 
its fish and oysters. 

89. Madrid, Naples, and Constantinople ; all of 
which have a milder and more equable climate than 
Philadelphia. This is due to the warm winds of the 
Sahara, moistened by the evaporation of the Mediter- 
ranean Sea. 

90. They protect the navigation of the entire coast 
of North Carolina. 

91. Tar, pitch, and turpentine. The turpentine is 
obtained by blazing the tree, and dipping the gum 
from a box that is put at the root to receive it as it ex- 
udes from the tree. Tar is obtained by burning pin<3 
wood with a close smothering heat and collecting the 
resinuous exudations. 

92. Florida has the mildest climate of the Southern 
States. The Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, by 
which it is almost surrounded, temper the heat of sum- 



130 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

mer. The soil is adapted to the cultivation of almost 
every fruit and Vegetable. The live-oak, the most 
valuable wood used in ship building, will become a 
source of wealth. The State abounds in beautiful 
lakes, and clear, deep springs. Some of the lakes are 
deep enough to float a man-of-war, and yet so clear 
are they, that pebbles may be distinctly seen on the 
bottom. 

93. By embankments, called Zeyees. In many places, 
below the mouth of Red River, the surface of the Mis- 
sissippi during high water is above the land back of the 
levees. 

94. From the forest trees of the swamp lands of the 
South, from which may be seen the long gray moss, 
which, as a parasite, hangs in long and graceful festoons. 

95. An immense collection of logs extending for 
nearly one hundred miles. Among these trees and logs, 
vines and creepers have taken root, and their tendrils 
have so interwoven among the branches that the whole 
has become matted toirether from bank to bank. 

96. By the U. S. Congress for the Indians and their 
descendants to be occupied and governed in their own 
way. 

97. The eastern tributaries are more rapid in de- 
scent. They arc not navigable to so great a distance. 
The plains are not so extended. The rapidity of the 
streams permit the discharge of the waters much sooner 
than the long gentle streams of the West. 

98. The Mississippi valley. The vast area of arable 
land, susceptible of an easy cultivation, will for ages 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 131 

produce food sufficient for the support of 300,000,000 
people. 

99. Corn, wheat, oats, hay, potatoes, tobacco, live 
stock, iron, copper, and lead. 

100. By a canal on the Kentucky shore. 

101 . ( 1 ) Its rapid growth . ( 2 ) Its extensive railway 
connections . ( 3 ) The enterprise of its people . ( 4 ) Its 
grain and provision trade. 

102. Because it is nearly surrounded by water. 

103. By a ship canal in Michigan. 

104. The winds blowing across Lake Michigan are 
so warmed by the open waters that fruit-trees are 
seldom injured by extreme cold. 

105. (a) It lies almost wholly in the northwest cor- 
ner of Wyoming Territory, (b) Its area is 3575 square 
miles, (c) Congress in 1882 set it apart as a *' per- 
petual reservation for the benefit and instruction of 
mankind." (d) Its deep canons, lofty falls, numer- 
ous geysers, and beautiful lakes make it the most won- 
derful portion of the continent, (e) Clark's Fork of 
the Yellowstone, the Lewis Fork of the Columbia, and 
the Madison and Gallatin branches of the Missouri . 

106. Washington, Olympia ; Idaho, Boise City; 
Montana, Helena; Wyoming, Cheyenne; Utah, Salt 
Lake City ; Arizona, Prescott ; New Mexico, Santa Fe ; 
Dakota, Yankton ; Indian, Tahlcquah; Alaska, Sitka. 

107. Because it is the natural water route to the 
most fertile spot of the Dominion of Canada. 

108. The absence of numerous bays, harbors, and 
navigable streams on the Pacific coast will prevent the 



132 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

location of as many seaports as are found on the Atlan- 
tic coast. 

109. Dry Tortugas, Islands off the coast of Florida ; 
Managua, capital city of Nicaragua; The Pan Handle is 
that portion of West Virginia lymg between Ohio and 
Pennsylvania ; The Eastern shore is that part of Virginia 
lying east of Chesapeake Bay ; Sandy Hook is a Cape 
in New Jersey. 

110. The Hudson, East and Harlem Rivers, and a 
creek running into the Hudson. 

111. North America, Superior; South America, Mar- 
acaybo; Europe, Ladoga ; Asia, Baikal; Africa, Vic- 
toria. 

- 112. (a) On the 180th meridian from Greenwich. 
(b) If sailing westward, a day is added; if sailing east- 
ward, a day is dropped. 

113. In New Orleans, 90 degrees west from Lon- 
don. 

114. At London, north ; at Tunis, north ; at Mecca, 
south ; at Rio Janeiro, south; at Muscat, no perceptible 
shadow. 

115. I.Chinese Empire; 2. British Empire; 3. 
Russian Empire; 4. United States ; 5. German Empire. 

116. Corn, Wheat and.Oats, Illinois ; Potatoes, New 
York; Sweet Potatoes, North Carolina; Tobacco, 
Kentucky; Cotton, Mississippi ; Wool, Ohio ; Manu- 
facturing products. New York; mining products, Penn- 
sylvania. 

117. The United States have more miles of railroad 
than all the countries of Europe combined. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 13S 

118. Belgium, 482 inhabitants to the square mile. 

119. It runs from Behrino; Strait southwest, alonof 
the ocean side of Japan, and between the Phillipine 
Islands and Asia; thence it curves, taking a south- 
easterly course to Chatham Island, passing on the 
Pacific side of Borneo, New Guinea, New Ireland, and 
the New Hebrides, and east of New Zealand. 

120. A few miles northeast of Cincinnati. 

121. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, 
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, 
Nevada, and California. 

122. Cumberland Kiver, Ohio River, IVIississippi 
River, and Arkansas River. 

123. In its early charter the General Assembly was 
required to meet alternately at each place. 

124. Springfield, manufacture of arms; Annapolis, 
seat of the U. S. Naval Academy; Pittsburg, iron and 
glass works; Paterson, locomotive works and extensive 
silk manufactures; Indianapolis, great railroad center 
and largest city in the United States not on navigable 
waters. 

125. Salado, river in Argentine Confederation ; Pop- 
ocatepetl, a volcano in southern Mexico ; Welland, a 
canal in Canada connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario ; 
Elburz, mountains in Persia ; Batavia, the capital city 
of Java; Ormus, strait separating Persian Gulf and 
Arabian Sea ; Brest, a city in western France; Finland, 
a gulf in Western Russia ; Manilla, the capital city of 
Luzon (Phillipine Islands) ; Tenneriffe, a famous peak 
of the Canary Islands. 



134 ANSWEES TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

126. About seven-eighths. 

127. By a few hundred Danes and Esquimaux. 
When first seen by Icelanders it looked green and fertile 
compared with their island. 

128. For its numerous geysers and volcanoes. Itis 
peopled by descendants of Norwegians, a thrifty and 
industrious race who speak the old Norse language. 

129. Its fisheries and furs. 

130. Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, Balize, 
Bermudas, Jamaica, and a number of smaller islands 
of the West Indies. 

131. British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, 
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, 
and Northwest and Northeast territories. 

132. By a Governor-General under appointment of 
the British crown. The laws are enacted by a Parlia- 
ment composed of a senate and house of commons. 
The senators are appointed by the Governor-General ; 
members of the House of Commons are elected by the 
people. 

133. The Canadian territories furnish two-thirds of 
the world's supply. 

134. Vessels pass through Welland Canal from Lake 
Erie to Lake Ontario, and through canals around the 
rapids in St. Lawrence River. 

135. For its high tide, which reaches 70 feet. This 
is caused by the narrow neck of water through which 
the tides rush with such rapidity as often to overtake 
swine feeding on the beach. 

136. In the cod, seal, herring, and salmon fisheries* 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 135 

137. Vermont, Burlington ; North Carolina, Wil- 
mington; Arkansas, Little Rock; Oregon, Portland; 
Nevada, Virginia City. 

138. (a) New York has thirty-five electoral votes, 
seven more than Pennsylvania, (b) The number is 
proportional to the population. 

139. (rt) 325 members. (5) One member for every 
151,912 inhabitants. 

140. Philadelphia, York, Lancaster, Baltimore, 
Princeton, N. J., Annapolis, Trenton, N. J., New York 
and Washington. 

141. The Gulf Stream and prevailing winds aid the 
vessels going eastward. 

142. Tapajos, a branch of the Amazon River; 
Tchad, a lake in Soudan, Africa; Anticosti, an island 
in Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Levant is that portion 
of Asia washed by the eastern end of the Mediterra- 
nean Sea; Three Rivers, a city in Quebec, Canada; 
Pembina, a city in northeast Dakota; Altacama, a 
desert in southwest Bolivia ; Heart's Content, a town 
in Newfoundland; Otranto, a strait east of Italy; 
Severn, a river in western England; Taranto, a gulf in 
southern Italy. 

143. Iowa and Ilhnois, also Nevada and Colo- 
rado. 

144. Three small islands south of Newfoundland, 
Miquelon, Langley, and St. Pierre, comprising eighty- 
one square miles. 

145. Brazil is a quarter of a million square miles the 
larger. 



136 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

146. Illinois contains nearly 6,000 more square 
miles than England, but has only one-sixth as many 
inhabitants. 

147. Mexico has the greatest possible variety of 
climate ; cold on the high mountains, temperate on the 
plateaus, and hot and moist on the coast. 

148. It is a federal republic of 27 states, one 
territory, and one federal district. Its people consist 
of Indians, mixed races, and Spanish Creoles; i.e., de- 
scendants of the early Spanish settlers. Its chief ex- 
ports are silver, dye-woods, cochineal and vanilla. 

149. Of ^YQ republics: Guatemala, San Salvador, 
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Eica, and Balize, a 
British colony. 

150. It contains the principal routes connecting the 
commerce of the two great oceans. 

151. By the ocean currents and trade winds. 

152. Sugar, coffee, cotton, tobacco, and tropical 
fruits. Creoles (descendants of European settlers), 
negroes and coolies from China ; they number about 
4500000. The West Indies include about one thou- 
sand islands. 

153. Havana is the neatest suojar market in the 
world, and is the second city of the New World in 
foreign commerce. 

154. The Amazon is so deep, and so sluggish is the 
current that a sailing vessel may ascend by the aid of 
an almost constant easterly wind 2600 miles. The 
river and its branches furnish 50000 miles of navigable 
waters. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 137 

155. Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Florida 
Strait, Gulf of Mexico, Bay of Campeachy, Yucatan 
Channel, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Venezuela. 

156. On account of the absence of few good 
harbors. 

157. Republic. Roman Catholic religion. Pop- 
ulation 28000000, of whom more than one-half belong 
to mixed races, derived from Spanish and Portuguese 
settlers, Indians, and Negroes. 

158. A constitutional monarchy. Brazil contains 
one-fifth as many people as the U. S. 

159. Lima. Washington and Lima have the same 
time. 

160. The Andes is the greatest mountain chain; 
Aconcagua is the highest mountain ; Rio Janeiro is the 
largest city ; Panama is the largest gulf. 

161. Consult map of South America. 

162. Caracas has 1 hr. and 33 min. earlier time. 

163. Llanos in the Orinoco basin ; Selvas in the 
Amazon; Pampas in the La Plata and^Paraguay. 

164. The condor, the largest known bird of prey, is 
found among the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. 

165. The Selvas are covered with an almost impen- 
etrable growth of trees, climbing plants, and dense 
underbrush. Myriads of beasts, birds, and insects, and 
uncivilized tribes are the sole inhabitants. The Llanos 
of the Orinoco and the Pampas of the La Plata and 
Paraguay are destitute of trees. In the dry season 
they become parched and all vegetation is destroyed. 
When the rainy season sets in the whole country is 



138 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

covered with luxuriant grass, which attracts multitudes 
of wild cattle and horses. 

166. Coffee, Sugar, Tobacco, Kice, Maise, Cinchona, 
Caoutchouc (india-rubber), Precious Stones, Tropical 
Fruits, and Spices. 

167. Eosewood, mahogany, Brazil-wood, tortoise- 
shell wood, the most beautiful cabinet-wood in the 
world, and the India rubber tree. 

168. Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ay res, Aspinwall, Val- 
paraiso, Montevideo. 

169. The Chilians. This is due to extensive com- 
merce and a large European population. 

170. Portuguese, because Brazil was settled by the 
Portuguese. 

171. To Great Britain. Excellent pasturage for 
cattle and sheep. 

172. They are the only inhabitable group of islands 
in the Pacific Ocean that were uninhabited at the time 
of their discovery. 

173. Consult map of South America. 

174. The eastern slopes of the Andes from Bolivia 
to the U. S. of Colombia and to no other part of the 
world. The forests are being rapidly all destroyed. 

175. Paraguay. 

176. The United States, Russia, China, Turkey, and 
Brazil. 

176. Area, 3824240 sq. miles; population, 313- 
834000. 

178. The coast-line of Europe is about 20000 miles 
greater in proportion than that of any other of the 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 139 

grand divisions. Greater commercial facilities and cli- 
matic advantages are offered by a deeply indented coast 
than a by more regular outline. 

179. Caspian, Azof, Black, Marmora, Archipelago, 
Adriatic, Mediterranean, Irish, North, Baltic, White. 

180. 4 Empires, 14 Kingdoms, 5 Republics, 5 Grand 
Duchies, 8 Duchies, 4 Free Cities, 9 Principalities, 1 
Landgraviate, and 1 Electorate. 

181. Consult map of Europe. 

182. France, Switzerland, Andorra, San Marino, 
and the Ionian Isles. 

183. San Marino, in Italy. 

184. Norway and Sweden, and Austria and Hungary. 

185. America possesses greater political privileges, 
cheaper land, and a greater demand for labor. 

186. A high state of improvement both in country 
and towns, absence of fences, vast extent of improved 
lands, limited forests, magnificent mansions, spacious 
barns, great number of villages, excellent roads and, 
withal, a most vigilant system of municipal and national 
government. 

187. Lions, Biscay, Finland, Bothnia, and Onega. 

188. St. Petersburg is in the same latitude as Cape 
Farewell. 

189. London, Paris, Constantinople, Berlin, St. 
Petersburg, Vienna, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, 
Naples. 

190. Lipari Islands, north of Sicily ; L. Como, 
northern Italy; Palermo, N. W. Sicily; Elba, N. E. 
of Corsica; Hamburg, N. W. Prussia on Elbe River. 



140 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

191. Gulf of Genoa, Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhen- 
ian Sea, Strait of Messina, Ionian Sea, Strait of 
Otranto, Adriatic Sea, Gulf of Trieste. 

192. Russia and Germany. 

193. In Europe : The islands of Malta, Cyprus, 
Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Heligoland, and the 
Fort of Gibraltar ; in America : Dominion of Canada 
and adjacent islands, Balize, British Guiana, and the 
islands of Bahama, Bermuda, Jamaica, Turk, Lee- 
ward, Windward, Trinidad, and Falkland; in Asia: 
India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Aden, Malacca, and 
Ceylon Island ; in Africa : Cape of Good Hope, Natal, 
Caffraria, Transvaal, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and 
the Islands of St. Helena, Ascension and Mauritius ; 
in Oceanica : Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and 
Feejee Islands. 

194. The winter climate of England is milder than 
that of S. Carolina. This is due to the warm west 
winds blowing from the Gulf Stream. 

195. English railroads have double tracks. They 
are not allowed to cross each other on the same 
level, but are compelled to cross by going under or 
over. 

196. On account of the great number of iron and 
coal mines. 

197. Liverpool, greatest cotton market of the world ; 
Manchester, cotton manufacture; Leeds, woolens; 
Nottingham, laces and stockings ; Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, coal trade; Sheffield, cutlery; Portsmouth^ 
naval station; Oxford and Cambridge, Universities, 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 141 

198. Twilight sufficient to enable one to read lasts 
all night. 

199. Four : two English and one French between 
Heart's Content, Newfoundland, and Valentia Bay, 
Ireland; and one between Kio Janeiro and Portugal. 

200. Consult map of Europe. 

201. In the western part of Ireland it rains three- 
fourths of the year, and the climate is damp and 
mild; so much so, even in winter, that its green 
fields have won for it the name of the *' Emerald 
Isle." 

202. Belfast, manufacture of linen goods; Paris, 
excellence in the manufacture of almost every fancy 
article in the market ; Lyons, silk manufacture; Bor- 
deaux, for its wines; Glasgow, ship building and 
marine engines. 

203. The Gulf of Finland is closed with ice half the 
year, while ice never forms in the harbor of Hammer- 
f est. The mildness of the latter is due to the influence 
of the Gulf Stream. 

204. Austria. 

205. The Jews. 

206. Inland trade, Vienna ; foreign trade, Trieste. 
. 207. Almaden, Spain. 

208. Constantinople has been so regarded by the 
great powers of Europe. 

209. It commands the passage between the Mediter- 
ranean and the Atlantic. 

210. A famous Moorish palace in Granada, Spain, 
now in ruins. 



142 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

211. Venice is situated upon 72 islands, between 
which the waters, serving as streets, are navigated by 
gondolas. 

212. It is 50,000 square miles smaller, but contains 
34 times as many people. 

213. Brighton, in southern England, and Baden- 
Baden, at Aix-la-Chapelle, Khenish-Prussia. 

214. It is found along the coast of the Baltic Sea, 
where it is cast up by the waves. 

215. Belgium 

216. From Switzerland, the rivers Danube, Ehine, 
Ehone, and Po flow into the Black, North, Mediter- 
ranean, and Adriatic Seas. 

217. The Dutch are a sober, provident, and indus- 
trious people ; the Swiss are phlegmatic, industrious 
and patriotic. 

218. The southeast part of Russia, termed the 
** Black Lands of Russia," bordering on the Caspian 
and Black Seas. The soil is inexhaustible, yielding 
annually, without, manure, two crops : a green crop 
and a cereal. 

219. London, where the breadstuff s of the world 
meet in competition. 

220. Russia, Great Britain and the United States. 

221. The Steppes of Russia, immense prairies cov- 
ered with coarse grass, and subject to intense summer 
droughts, extend along the southern border of Russia, 
from the foot of the Carpathian Mountains in Europe, 
to China. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 143 

222. At Nijni (nizh'nl) Novgorod, Kussia, where 
meet and barter merchants from China, Mongolia, 
India, Afghanistan, Persia, Turkey, and every part of 
Europe. 

223. Tne town 2° north is farther from London, 
than that T west of it, because the degrees of longi- 
tude grow smaller as we approach the Poles. 

224. Archangel is the northern port, Odessa the 
southern; the former is on the white Sea, the latter is 
on the Black Sea. 

225. Greek Christians. The Emperor is the head 
of the church. 

226. The Kussians belong chiefly to the Slavonic 
race. 

227. Amphiscians : the inhabitants between the 
tropics, whose shadows, in one part of the year, are 
cast to the north, and in the other to the south. 
Antiscians : the inhabitants of the earth living: on dif- 
ferent sides of the Equator, whose shadows at noon 
are cast in contrary directions. Those living north of 
the Equator are antiscians to those on the south, and 
vice versa, Ascians : persons who at certain times of 
the year have no shadow at noon. Such only are the 
inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, 
a vertical sun. Periecians : the inhabitants of the 
opposite sides of the globe, in the same parallel of 
latitude. Pericians : the inhabitants within a polar 
circle, whose shadow during some portion of the sum- 
mer must, in the course of the day, move entirely 
round, and fall toward every point of the compass. 



144 ANS\VEKS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGKAPHY. 

(See Ques. 39.) Antipodes: those persons who live 
on opposite sides of the globe, and whose feet are, of 
ccKirse, directly opposite to the feet of those who live 
on this side. 

228. Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea, Great Belt, 
Straits of Cattegat and SkagerRack, North Sea, Dover 
Strait, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, Strait of Gib- 
raltar, Mediterranean Sea, Archipelago Sea, Strait of 
Dardanelles, Sea of Marmora, Bosphorus Strait, and 
Black Sea. 

229. Dover Strait, 30 miles; Gibraltar, 12; Beh- 
ring, 40. 

230. From the Romans, Greeks, Gauls, Goths, Ger- 
mans, and Arabs. 

231. In Havana, Spanish; Constantinople, Arabic; 
Quebec, English; Rio Janeiro, Portuguese; Berne, 
German. 

232. The Valdai Hills are between St. Petersburg 
and Moscow. The Matterhorn is an Alpine peak be- 
tween Italy and Switzerland. 

233. A Mercator Map, or projection, conceives the 
surface of the earth to be that of a cylinder, in which 
the parallels and meridians cross each other at right 
angles. It was invented by Mercator, of Antwerp, to 
aid mariners in determining their true course more 
readily than by the ordinary maps. 

234. Mercator' s Map distorts the proportions by 
representing the surface of a sphere on that of a plane, 
in which, places far to the north or south appear much 
more distant east and west than they really are ; but 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 145 

this distortion is made in such a way as to preserve the 
true course of places from each other. 

235. (a) The Parliament consists of the House of 
Lords and the House of Commons ; these correspond to 
the Senate and House of Kepresentatives respectively. 
The House of Lords is composed of 537 members, 
termed peers, who hold their seats by one of ^ve titles ; 
viz. , by hereditary right, by creation of the sovereign, by 
virtue of office, as the English bishops, by election for 
life, as the Irish peers, and by election for the duration 
of Parliament, as the Scottish peers. The House of 
Commons is composed of 652 members, who are elected 
by the electors of counties, cities, boroughs, and univer- 
sities of the united kingdom. The United States Senate 
is composed of 76 members, two from each State, 
chosen for a term of six years by the joint ballot of their 
respective State legislatures. The House of Kepre- 
sentatives consists of 325 members, apportioned among 
the several States according to population, elected by 
popular ballot by the electors of their several districts. 
(5) The Sovereign of Great Britain holds the execu- 
tive power for life by virtue of inheritance ; the Presi- 
dent of the United States holds his office for four years 
by election of electors selected by popular vote. The 
veto of the British sovereign is final ; that of the Pres- 
ident may be set aside by a two-thirds vote of both 
houses of Congress. 

236. The United States. 

237. Himalaya, Altai, Stanovoy, Kuenlun, Hindoo- 
koosh. 

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146 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY, 

238. Yang-tse-Kiang, Lena, Yenisei, Amoor, Obi. 

239. Asiatic Kussia, Chinese Empire, Japan, Anam, 
Siam, Burmah, British India, Bokhara, Turkestan, 
Afghanistan, Beloochistan, Persia, Arabia, Turkey. 

240. Sea of Kara, Behring Sea, Okhotsk, Japan, 
Yellow, Blue, China, Gulf of Siam, Bay of Bengal, 
Arabian, Persian, Gulf of Aden, Ked, Mediterranean, 
Archipelago, Marmora, Black, Caspian. 

241. Find on map of Asia. 

242. Brahmanism and Buddhism. Among the 
features of the former is the transmigration of the soul 
into the inferior animals. Brahmanism has its seat in 
Hindostan. Buddhism enjoins charity toward all men 
and the conquest of self. 

243. Stan is the Persian word for country. Chow 
in Chinese means toiun of the second rank. Ho and 
Kiang mean river. 

244. The ground is perpetually frozen to a great 
depth, while the summer thaw affects only the sur- 
face. 

245. Nordenskjold (nor'den shold) the Swedish ex- 
plorer in 1878-9, made the passage from the Atlantic 
to Behring Strait in 294 days. 

246. Ivory from the tusks of mammoths (long since 
extinct), imbebbed in masses of ice, has been found in 
such quantities on the New Siberia Islands and nearthe 
mouths of Siberian rivers, as to furnish profitable em- 
ployment for many men. 

247. Dried figs, raisins, cotton, opium, wool, goat's 
hair, sponges, and leeches. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 147 

248. They are nomads, half-savage, half -civilized, 
and live by tending their flocks, robbing their neigh- 
bors, and plundering the helpless. 

249. Estimated area 4700000 square miles; popu- 
lation 480000000. 

250. A canal 700 miles long, constructed a thousand 
years ago, and its celebrated wall built two thousand 
years ago, 1200 miles long, from 15 to 30 feet high, 
and so thick that six men on horse-back can ride 
abreast upon it. 

251. It is not. It can be cultivated in the south 
Atlantic States ; but the expense of its preparation for 
market, where labor is scarce, would not justify its 
culture. The labor employed in the production of tea 
in China costs not more than two cents a day. 
No article of commerce requires more labor than tea ; 
and hence, the restriction of its culture to such coun- 
tries as furnish the cheapest labor. 

252. Its leaves afford a medicine, its seeds a favorite 
food, its tender shoots are eaten like asparagus, or 
made into pickles and confections, a great variety of 
utensils are made of its stem, paper from its pulp, and 
entire dwellings have been made of its various parts. 

253. Their non-progressiveness is due to the exclu- 
sion of foreigners, and their ingenuity to their immense 
numbers and constant stru^ojle for food. 

254. Three cities in China on the Yang-tse-Kiang 
are so closely connected that they form one city with a 
population of nearly 8,000,000. 



148 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

255. Niphon, Yesso, Kiushiu, and Shihoku together 
with 3850 smaller islands form the empire of Japan. 

256. Dates, tamarinds frankincense, gum-arabic, 
sponges, coral, ambergris, tortoise-sliell, and pearls. 

257. Gutta-percha is the coagulated sap of a tree 
(thetapan), peculiar to the East Indies. The milky 
juice, which flows from incisions made in the tree is 
thickened by boiling. 

258. Sago is a granulated meal obtained from the 
tissues of trunks of the sago palm, by a process of 
washing and sifting, by which the starchy granules are 
separated. 

259. Nagasaki, Hakodadi, Simoda, Tokio, Osaka, 
Hioga, Niigata, and Kanagawa. 

260. White sandalwood, ebony, rosewood, iron- 
wood, red dye-woods. 

261. Sugar, cotton, flax, rice, tobacco, opium, in- 
digo, hemp, gums, spices, and drugs. 

262. Opium is made from the poppy. Its produc- 
tion is confined largely to India. The entire proceeds 
of the tea crop are said to be insufficient to pay for the 
opium annually brought into China, and consumed there. 

263. These fruits, together with apricots, nectar- 
rines, cantelopes, plums, cherries, damascenes, and 
some others, seem to have originated among the arid 
plains of Persia and other dry countries, and in such 
attain their highest excellence. 

264. As a place of exile for political offenders. 

265. At Bakou in Georgia, on the southwest shores 
of the Caspian Sea. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 149 

266. Vast marshy plains along the coast of the 
Arctic" Ocean. 

267. Tulare, lake in California ; Zealand, an island 
east of Denmark ; Agulhas, cape in southern Africa; 
Chincha, an island west of Peru; Land's End, a cape 
in southwestern England. 

268. Its compactness, absence of navigable rivers, 
the savage nature of its inhabitants, its ferocious 
beasts, and intensely hot climate. 

269. Consult map of Africa. 

270. Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli, Barca, Fez- 
zan, Egypt, Nubia, Soudan, Abyssinia, Zanguebar, 
Mozambique, Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, Orange 
Free State, Upper Guinea, Senegambia, Sierra Leone, 
Liberia, Lower Guinea, Sahara. 

271. Morocco, Algeria, Tunis and Tripoli. Pro- 
ducts, leather, wool, grain, olives, olive oil, and trop- 
ical fruits. 

272. Caucasian. Language, Arabic, Ruling class, 
Turks. Prevailing religion, Mohammedan. 

273. The heat by day rises to 120^ Fahrenheit, while 
the nio;hts followino^ are often so cold that water 
freezes. 

274. An American settlement of emancipated slaves 
established in 1820 by the American Colonization So- 
ciety. It is an independent republic on the western 
coast of Africa. 

275. The Suez canal, ninety-two miles long, connects 
Port Said on the Mediterranean, with Suez on the Red 



1.50 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 

Sea. It has a depth of twenty-six feet, and was 
opened in 1869. It was constructed by M. Lesseps, a 
French engineer. 

276. It comprises nearly all the islands of the 
Pacific ocean. Area about 4,500,000 square miles. 
Population 30,000,000. 

277. In area Australia is about the same as the 
United States. The climate is warmer, with less rain. 
The seasons are opposite. Christmas occurs there in 
mid-summer. The leaves of trees are leaden gray or 
brown instead of green. The sun is so hot and the air 
so dry that the narrow leaves arrange themselves ver- 
tically instead of horizontally, and are alike on both 
sides. Forests are seldom found. The trees are 
grouped in clusters ; they cast shadows but give no 
shade. There are no aboriginal quadrupeds larger than 
the Dingo dog and Kangaroo. Many of the animals 
are pouched. The apteryx, a bird, has no wings, and 
the lyre-bird has tail feathers which resemble a harp. 

278. They are a sort of negro without wooly heads, 
but with thick lips and flat noses. In color they vary 
from chocolate-brown to sooty black. 

279. A, 366 days ; B, 364; and C, 365. (See ques- 
tion 112). 

280. Lake Michigan, Strait of Mackinaw, Lake 
Huron, St. Clair Kiver, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, 
Lake Erie, Welland Canal, Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence 
River, Canal around St. Lawrence Rapids, Gulf of St. 
Lawrence, Atlantic Ocean, Strait of Gibraltar, Medit- 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHY. 151 

erranean Sea, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Strait of Babel- 
Mandeb, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, 
Strait of Malacca, China Sea, Formosa Channel, and 
Blue Sea. 

281. (a) Standard time is the uniformity of time 
for all places situated seven and one-half degrees 
east and west of a given standard meridian. (6) 
It was adopted by nearly all the American rail- 
roads November 18, 1883. (c) Five divisions are pro- 
vided for the United States, with the following merid- 
ians passing through their centers: Intercolonial, 60th 
meridian; Eastern, 75th meridian ; Central, 90th me- 
ridian; Mountain, 105th meridian; Pacific, 120th 
meridian. % 

282. St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans. 



QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

1. What circumstances prove that tiie interior of the 
earth is highly heated ? 

2. At what rate does the heat increase as we descend ? 

3. Name four effects upon the earth's surface pro- 
duced by the heated interior. 

4. (a) What are Earthquakes? \b) How mani- 
fested? (c) When most frequent? (d) State five 
causes, (e) Where most frequent? 

6. What places on the earth's surface can you 
mention which show a gradual change of level ? 

6. Locate the regions of the world where volcanoes 
are most numerous, and give the cause for such loca- 
tion. 

7. Name the principal elements composmg the earth's 
crust. 

8. (a) Name the classes of rocks according to origin. 
(6) According to condition, (c) According to the 
presence or absence of fossils. 

9. Define Azoic Time, Paleozoic Time, Mesozoic 
Time, Cenozoic Time. 

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QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 153 

10. What do the following Ages include: Azoic, 
Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Reptilian, Mam- 
malian, Age of Man? 

11. What are continental and oceanic islands? Give 
two examples of each. 

12. State the difference between volcanic and coral 
islands in respect to origin, distribution, height, and 
habitation. 

13. Name and define the different kinds of coral 
islands. 

14. Explain the formation of plains and give an ex- 
ample of each method. 

15. Contrast the continents in respect to the fol- 
lowing features: height, depression, culminating 
points, prolongation, trend of mountains. 

16. Name and locate the predominant and secondary 
mountain systems of North America. 

17. What connection have plains with civilization 
and human progress ? Cite instances and reasons to 
prove your answer. 

18. Name the degrees of temperature which produce 
the three conditions of water, as liquid, solid, and 
gaseous. 

19. (a) What is the maximum density of water ^ 
(6) What advantage accrues from this physical ex- 
ception ? 

20. How are extremes of heat and cold mitigated by 
large bodies of water? 

21. State two causes of hot springs. 



154 QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

22. (a) Whatisan Artesian Well? (b) Show how 
such wells prove the heated interior of the earth. 

23. Name the classes into which springs are divided. 

24. Define the different kinds of springs. 

25. Name three extensive geyser-regions of the 
world. 

26. What is the usual explanation of the origin of 
petroleum, or rock or coal oil? 

27. Name five inland bodies of salt water, and give 
your reason for such waters being salt. 

28. Name the five most extensive deltas of the 
world. 

20. What part of the earth's water is contained by 
each of the five oceans ? 

30. Classify, define, and give examples of the in- 
dentations of the ocean. 

31. Compare the waters of the Baltic Sea with 
those of the Mediterranean with respect to saltness and 
state your reason. 

32. What are the three movements of the oceanic 
waters ? 

33. In what waters do Avaves have a forward motion ? 
Explain. 

34. Define Tides. By what caused? How dis- 
tinguished ? 

35. What proof can you give for the influence of 
the moon and sun in causing tides ? 

36. Explain why the lunar tide is greater than the 
solar tide. 



QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 155 

37. State the difference between spring and neap 
tides . When do they respectively occur ? 

38. Where is the <* cradle of the tides? " 

39. State the origin of constant currents and show 
how these causes operate. 

40. Describe the Gulf Stream. 

41. What current in the Pacific resembles the Gulf 
Stream ? What is its influence ? Why inferior to the 
Gulf Stream? 

42. What is the composition of the atmosphere ? 

43. State the use of the atmosphere in nature. 

44. What is the pressure of the atmosphere upon 
the earth ? Is this uniform in all parts of the world ? 

45. (a) Define climate. (5) Howinfluenced? 

46. In what tw^o ways is the atmosphere warmed? 

47. (a) What are isothermal lines? (b) Under 
what circumstances do they vary greatly from the par- 
allels? 

48. State the rate of decrease of temperature ob- 
served as we ascend great elevations ? 

49. Give two causes for a decrease of temperature 
with elevation above the sea. 

50. Explain the origin of winds. 

51. How is the direction of the wind affected by the 
rotation of the earth ? 

52. Name and define the three classes of winds. 

53. Explain the cause of land and sea breezes. 

54. Where are the'* Horse latitudes?" Why so 
called ? 



156 QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

55. (a) What is the cause of desert winds? (b) 
Name and locate five from the Desert of Sahara. 

56 . Define Monsoons and name the Monsoon regions . 

57. What are cyclones ? Mention some peculiarity 
about the direction and rotation of cyclones. 

58. Name five circumstances which influence evap- 
oration. 

59. State the various forms of precipitation of 
moisture, and give the law of precipitation with respect 
to time and distribution. 

CO. What are the offices of clouds in the economy of 
nature ? 

61. Classify and define the various forms of clouds. 

62. Where and what is the greatest annual rainfall? 

63. Give an explanation of the cause of rain. 

64. Explain the rotary theory of the formation of 
hail. 

65. Upon which side of the Mississippi does drift 
tend to collect? Explain the cause of this tendency. 

66. W^hy is no delta formed at the mouth of the 
Amazon ? 

67. About what is the actual time of darkness at the 
North Pole ? Explain your answer. 

68. In what regions are the following believed to 
have originated : Wheat, corn, barley, oats, rye, buck- 
wheat, potato? 

69. What conditions are requisite for a luxuriant 
growth of forests ? 

70. Which cereal has the farthest northern range? 

71. Name the principal food plants of the tropics. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 157 

72. From what is chocolate prepared? 

73. Name the countries which excel in the produc- 
tion of the following metals: iron, copper, tin, zinc, 
lead, gold, silver. 

74. What forms the basis for the distribution of 
animal life ? Why ? 

75. What difference in the variety, beauty, and size 
of terrestrial and marine fauna may be observed in 
passing from the equator toward the poles ? 

76. How does the coal-field area of the United States 
compare with that of Europe ? 

77. Explain the cause of the limited amount of rain 
in California, Peru, and Bolivia during the summer and 
fall. 

78. What is the origin of the solar and planetary 
systems according to the Nebular hypothesis? Who 
was its author? To what credence is it entitled? 

79. What is the zodiac? Into what parts divided? 

80. Name the planets in their order from the sun. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OX PHYSICAIi 
GEOGRAPHY. 

1. The increased heat of the crust as we go below 
the surface and the escape of lava and other heated 
substances from volcanoes. 

2. About 1° Fahrenheit for every 55 feet of de- 
scent. 



158 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 

3. 1st, Volcanoes; 2nd, Earthquakes; 3rd, Non- 
Volcanic igneous eruptions ; 4th, Gradual elevations or 
subsidences. 

4. (a) Earthquakes are shakings of the earth's crust. 
(5) 1st, A gentle wave; 2nd, An upward motion; 
3rd, A rotary motion, (c) 1st, In winter; 2nd, At 
night ; 3rd, During new and full moon. (cZ) 1st, 
Strain produced by contraction of the earth's crust ; 
2nd, Forces that eject the matter from volcanoes ; 3rd, 
Generation of gases in the interior; 4th, Falling in of 
masses of rock from the roofs of subterranean caverns ; 
5th, By the tidal wave of the pasty interior, (e) They 
are most frequent in volcanic regions. 

5. The eastern coast of America from Labrador to 
New Jersey is rising. The bed of the Pacific in the 
central part is sinking. Portions of the Andes are 
rising. 

6. Alons: the shores of the Pacific; on the islands of 
the Pacific Ocean ; between the northern and southern 
hemispheres. This is due to the weakness of the crust 
in such places, caused by sinking oceans. 

7. Oxygen, which constitutes nearly one-half , silicon, 
aluminium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium, 
iron, and carbon. 

8. (a) Igneous rocks, those which were ejected in a 
melted condition, and afterward cooled. Aqueous 
rocks, those deposited as sediment by water. Met- 
amorphic rocks, those originally deposited in layers, 
but afterwards so changed by heat as to lose all traces 
of stratification, {b) Stratified rocks, those arranged 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 159 

in layers by the action of water. Aqueous rocks be- 
long to this class. Unstratified rocks, those destitute 
of any arrangement. Igneous and Metamorphic rocks 
belong to this class, (c) Fossiliferous and Non-fos- 
siliferous. 

9. Azoic Time includes the period before vegetable 
or animal life appeared on the globe. Paleozoic Time, 
meaning ancient life, included the time when animal 
and ve2:etable life bore but little resemblance to that 
which we now see. Mesozoic life, meaning middle life, 
was the period of huge animals, when both animal and 
vegetable life approached nearer to the species now 
existins: than to the relics of precedin<2: a^es. Cenozoic 
Time, or recent life, included the time when the ani- 
mals and plants bore close resemblance to those now 
living. 

10. The Azoic Age includes all time prior to the 
advent of life upon the globe. The Silurian Age is 
characterized by types of life of the simplest construc- 
tion, the animals were all marine and belong to the 
three classes, mollusks, radiates, and articulates. 
Devonian Age, or Age of Fishes. The fishes which 
characterize this age belong to two classes, shaikh's and 
ganoids, the latter were of the type of the sturgeon and 
garpike. Carboniferous Age was the coal-producing 
ao-e. Dense forests of ferns and other trees covered 
the earth from pole to pole. The climate was warm, 
moist, and equable. Then followed subsidences and 
upheavals ; the forests were swept away, submerged 
and covered Avith mud and silt. Thus was formed the 



160 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

immense coal beds of the continents. The Keptilian 
Age was the age of enormous reptiles of the lizard 
kind, such as the ichthyosaurus (fish-lizard), a cold- 
blooded, air-breathing, and carnivorous monster, hav- 
ing the teeth of a crocodile and the head of a lizard, 
and thQ jplesiosaurus (lizard-like), a monstrous, though 
less formidable animal than the ichthyosaurus. The 
Mammalian Age was the period of enormous herbiv- 
orous animals, whose skeletons are found in many 
parts of the world. Among these were the mammothy 
whose remains are found imbedded in the frozen gravel 
of Siberia ; the mastodon, with tusks eleven feet in 
length; the megatherium, an animal resembling the 
sloth; the mylodon and the deinotherium. The age of 
Man is the present age. 

11. Continental islands are such as lie near the shores 
of continents, and have the same general construction. 
Example: West Indies, Phillippines. Oceanic islands 
are those in the ocean, having no connection with the 
continents. Example : Sandwich, New Zealand. 

13. Volcanic islands are formed mainly by the 
summits of submarine volcanoes, either extinct or 
active. The coral island is a limestone formation, de- 
rived from countless skeletons of minute polyps that 
once lived below the surface of the waters. Volcanic 
islands are scattered over tlie globe, while coral islands 
are found in warm, shallow, tropical waters, remote 
from active volcanoes. Coral islands rarely rise above 
12 feet, on which account few of them furnish com- 
fortable habitation for man. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 161 



13. 1st. Atolls, or Lagoon islands, consist of a ring 
of coral inclosing a lagoon — a portion of the ocean. 
2ncl. Encircling reefs are the same as Atolls except 
that one or more islands lie within the lagoon. 3rd. 
Fringing reefs are narrow ribbons of coral rock lying 
near the shore of an ordinary island. 4th. Barrier 
reefs are usually broad and lie some distance from the 
shore. 

14. Plains owe there existence to three causes ; viz., 
1st. The absence of wrinkles in the folds of the crust, 
as the plains of Kansas, Nebraska, etc. 2nd. Such as 
were formed by marine deposits along the shores of 
receding oceans, as the plains along the Atlantic coast. 
3rd. Alluvial plains deposited by the fresh water of 
rivers and lakes, as the alluvial bottoms along the lower 
Mississippi. 

15. 1st. The greatest elevations of the continents are 
nearly all found in tropical regions. 2nd. The con- 
tinents have in general high borders and low interiors. 
3rd. The highest points of land lie out of the center of 
the continents. 4th. The greatest prolongation cor- 
responds to the predominant mountain system. 5th. 
The prevailing trends of mountain masses agree with 
the direction of the coast line. 

16. The predominant mountain system of Korth 
America extends from the Arctic Ocean to the Isthmus 
of Panama. It consists of two nearly parallel mountain 
systems ; viz. , the Kocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, 
and the Cascade ranges. The secondary system ex- 
tends from Georgia to the Arctic Ocean, and comprises 

11 



162 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

the Appalachian system, the Plateau of Labrador, the 
Height of Land and the Arctic Plateau. 

17. River-plains have ever been the chosen seats of 
settled industry, progress, and civilization. The popu- 
lous centers of civilization of antiquity, as Babylon, 
Nineveh, Thebes, Eome, as well as modern sites of in- 
dustry, are found in the river-plains of both continents. 
These regions possess special adaptations and facilities 
for agriculture, commerce, and the arts. 

18. Fresh water freezes at 32° Fahr. Ocean water 
freezes at 26V2° Fahr. At 212° Fahr. water boils. 

19. (a) Water reaches its greatest weight, or dens- 
ity, at 39.2° Fahr. (b) If it contracted below this 
temparature, say lower than 32°, the ice first formed 
would sink to the bottom, and so continue, until our 
rivers and lakes would become a frozen mass which 
the greatest heat of summer would not thaw. 

20. Large bodies of water take in more heat while 
warming, and give out more heat while cooling than 
any other substance. Again, the constant movement 
of large bodies of water brin^^s to the surface waters of 
a different temperature, which modify the adjacent 
lands. 

21. Hot springs near active volcanoes may owe 
their heat to their beds being in the vicinity of recently 
ejected lava. If remote from volcanic disturbance 
their high temperature is to be attributed to the great 
depth of their reservoirs. 

22. (a) An Artesian well is one bored into the 
earth until a subterranean basin is reached. The water 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 163 

rushes up the bore in consequence of the hydrostatic 
pressure. The temparature of waters issuing from 
Artesian wells is always proportional to the depth, 
showing a nearly constant increase of 1° for every 55 
feet of descent. 

23. Springs are divided into the following classes: 
constant, variable, periodical, thermal, mineral and 
petroleum. 

24. Constant springs flow continually from sources 
in subterranean lakes so vast that the constant flow 
cannot drain them during the dryest seasons. 

Variable springs burst forth after heavy rains and 
diminish as the dry season approaches. 

Periodical springs swell and subside at stated 
periods. Their cause is, usually attributed to the 
siphon-shape of the outlet tube. 

Thermal springs send forth water from 60^ Fahr. to 
the boiling point. Beyond this heat the spring is 
termed a geyser. 

Mineral springs are such as send forth water so 
strongly impregnated with mineral matter as to sensibly 
affect the animal system. The five principal classes 
designated according to their ingredients are, Chaly- 
beate (iron), Saline (salt), Silicious (flint). Calcareous 
(lime), and Sulphurous springs. 

Petroleum springs, from which we obtain our coal 
oil are scattered all over the globe. 

25. In Iceland over 100 geysers occur in a limited 
area. In New Zealand, near the volcano of Tongariro, 
over 1000 mud springs, hot springs and geysers burst 



164 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

from the ground. In Yellowstone Park, Wyoming 
Ty., are some of the most magnificent geysers in the 
woi'ld. 

26. The oil is derived from the slow decomposition, 
in the presence of heat, of various animal and vegetable 
matters, which are found in the strata of nearly all the 
geological formations. 

27. Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Aral Sea, Lake Urum- 
iyah, in Persia, and Great Salt Lake, in Utah. These 
lakes and seas have inlets but no outlets. All rivers 
have more or less salt dissolved from the washings of 
the crust. Since all loss of waters from lakes having 
no outlets is by evaporation, the quantity of salt will 
continually accumulate in such bodies of water. 

28. The Mississippi, the Nile, the Tigris, the 
Euphrates, and the Zambesi. 

29. The Pacific contains about ^, the Atlantic, about 
^, the Indian, about -I, the Antarctic, about yV> ^^® 
Arctic about -^-^ of the waters of the earth. 

30. 1st. Inland Seas, or those surrounded by a nearly 
continuous land border; as the Baltic and Mediter- 
ranean Seas. 

2nd. Border Seas, or those isolated from the ocean 
by peninsulas and island chains ; as the Caribbean and 
North Seas. 

3rd. Gulfs or Bays, or broad expansions of the ocean 
extending into the land ; as the Bay of Biscay, the Bay 
of Bengal. 

31. The Mediterranean contains more salt propor- 
tionally than the Baltic, because, being connected 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 165 

with the ocean by a narrow channel, it loses more 
of its waters by evaporation than by outflow, while the 
Baltic, receiving the waters of powerful rivers is fresher 
than the ocean. 

32. The three movements of the oceanic waters are 
waves, tides, and currents. 

33. In shallow water waves have a forward motion. 
In such waters the motion at the bottom is checked, 
and the top curls over and breaks, producing what are 
called breakers. 

34. Tides are the alternate rise and fall of the ocean 
twice in a lunar day (24 hrs. and 51 min.), caused by 
the attraction of the sun and moon. The rising of the 
water is called j^oocZ tide ; when it has attained its great- 
est height high tide occurs. Eemaining stationary for 
a few minutes, the water falls, called ebb tide, reach- 
ing the lowest point in about six hours, low tide occurs. 

35. In the deep ocean the passage of the moon is 
always followed by high water. The shape of the 
ocean basin often prevents this occurring immediately 
after the passage of the moon. Again, the highest 
tides result when the sun and moon act simultaneously 
on the same hemisphere of the earth. 

36. The sun's distance from the earth being 400 
times that of the moon, its attraction at any time is 
almost the same on every part of the earth, there being 
a difference of only ■^-q\-^ its whole attraction on oppo- 
site sides. If the sun's attraction were the same upon 
every part of the earth there would be no tendency to 
disturb the waters upon any one side, i.e., no tides due 



1G6 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

to its influence. The difference between the moon's 
attraction on opposite sides of the earth is -^-^ its entire 
attraction, equal to (^j of yf ^ ) -^-^\j of the sun's attrac- 
tion. The fraction j^j is the force of the moon's en- 
tire attraction compared to that of the sun. The 
moon's influence in creating a tide is 2"A5""^"6 oVxr* ^^ 
more than twice the sun's; and the tides are due to 
difference of attraction on different sides of the earth. 

37. Spring tides are caused by the combined attrac- 
tions of the sun and moon on the same portions of the 
earth ; JVieap tides, by their opposite attractions. 
Spring tides occur twice during every revolution of the 
moon, once ntfidl, and once at 7iew moon. Neap tides 
occur twice during each revolution of the moon, when 
the sun and moon are 90° apart, or as we say, when the 
moon is in quadrature. 

* 38. In the great southern water areas, where the 
Pacific, the Indian and the Antarctic are mero^ed in one. 

39. The two principal causes of oceanic currents are 
the sun's heat and ths earth's rotation. The evapora- 
tion constantly going on in the equatorial regions tends 
to lower the level of the waters in those latitudes, 
which, added to the influence of the sun in lesseninof 
the specific gravity of the waters about the equator, 
produce a constant tendency of the colder and warmer 
waters to commingle. The polar waters flow toward 
the equator to equalize the pressure, thus displacing the 
warmer waters which flow toward the poles. If the 
earth were at rest the currents would flow north and 
south, to and from the equator; but the rotation of the 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 1()7 

earth from west to east causes currents flowing toward 
the poles to be deflected toward the east, while those 
flowing toward the equator are turned toward the west. 

40. The Gulf Stream is an ocean river from 10 to 
50 miles wide, and 500 fathoms deep, of a dark indigo 
color, originating in the warm waters of the equatorial 
regions. Its velocity is from four to six miles an hour, 
and so great is its latent heat that after flowing 3000 
miles to the north, it preserves, even in winter, a sum- 
mer heat. 

41. The Japan Current in the Pacific corresponds to 
the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic. Its warm waters 
soften the climate of the Aleutian Islands and the north- 
west coast of America. On account of the shallowness 
of Behring Strait through which it cannot pass, it has 
neither the velocity nor sharpness of outline of the 
Gulf Stream. 

42. The atmosphere is composed of nitrogen and 
oxygen, in the proportion, by weight, of 77 per cent of 
nitrogen to 23 per cent of oxygen. To these are 
added a small quantity of carbonic acid, about five or 
six parts in every 10000 of air. 

43. Oxygen supports combustion and respiration, 
and is thus necessary to animal life. Carbonic acid, 
composed of oxygen and carbon, is the source from 
which vegetation derives its Avoody fibre, and is thus 
necessary to plant life. In respiration animals take in 
oxygen and give out carbonic acid; plants, in sunlight, 
take in carbonic acid and give out oxygen. 



168 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHrSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

44. The atmosphere exerts a pressure of 15 pounds 
on every square inch of surface. This pressure is not 
uniform in all parts of the earth at the same level. 
The greatest pressure is in latitude 35° north and south. 

45. (a) Climate is the condition of the atmosphere 
as regards heat or cold, moisture or dryness, healthi- 
ness or unhealthiness. (b) It is influenced by latitude, 
altitude, location with respect to mountains, plains, 
bodies of water, ocean currents, and prevailing winds. 

46. 1st. By direct absorption of the sun's rays 
passing through it. 2nd. By actual contact, reflection, 
or radiation from the heated earth. 

47. (a) Isothermal lines connect places on the earth 
which have the same mean annual temperature. (^) In 
those parts of the ocean traversed by warm currents 
flowing toward the poles, isothermal lines are deflected 
in the same direction as the currents ; while cold cur- 
rents or mountain regions cause a marked bending of 
those lines toward the equator. 

48. The temperature of the atmosphere decreases 
with the elevation above the sea about 3° Fahr. for every 
1000 feet. 

49. Increased cold in elevation is caused as follows : 
1st. Since the earth receives most of its heat from the 
earth's surface, the farther we go from the surface up- 
ward, the colder it grows. 

2nd. The diminished humidity and density of the air 
at great elevations prevents its absorbing either the 
direct rays of the sun, or those reflected from the earth. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 169 

60. Winds are caused by atmospheric heat disturb- 
ances and the rotation of the earth. As the air in the 
equatorial regions becomes heated, it expands, becomes 
lighter, rises and its place is supplied by the inrushing 
cold air. The ascending currents continue rising until 
they reach a stratum of air of nearly the same density 
as their own, when they spread laterally in all direc- 
tions, filling the areas where the air has been rarefied 
by lateral surface currents. 

51. But for the diurnal motion of the earth the wind 
would blow due north and south from the equator. 
Winds originating at the equator with a velocity of 1000 
miles an hour, will, as they move northward or south- 
ward like the currents, move faster than the slower 
moving regions of the earth, and thus flow toward the 
northeast and southeast. Winds originating at the 
poles, moving with a slow velocity, will as they 
approach the faster moving equatorial regions lag be- 
hind, and so blow toward the southwest north of the 
equator, and northwest south of the equator. 

62. 1st. Constant, those which blow in the same 
direction throughout the year. 2nd. Periodical, those 
which blow alternately in opposite directions. 3rd. 
Variable, those which blow irregularly; these are in- 
fluenced by local causes. 

53. The land, by reflection of the sun's rays, becomes 
warmer than the sea during the day ; this causes an 
ascending current, whose place is supplied by the cool 
air from the sea rushing in. This is called the sea 
breeze. During the night the land cools off more rap- 



170 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

idly than the water; the ascending current then rises 
from the water and a breeze called the land breeze sets 
toward the sea from the land. 

54. The Calms of Cancer in the Atlantic are thus 
known. Formerly, when vessels from New England 
laden with horses for the West Indies were beset by 
calms in these regions, it became necessary to throw 
many of these animals overboard for want of water. 

55. (a) Deserts by reason of the absence of water, 
cool and heat more rapidly than other portions of land. 
Currents alternately blow to and from the heated area 
with great violence, (h) The Etesian Wind from July 
to September blows over the Mediterranean ; The Har- 
mattan blows over the coast of Guinea ; The Khamsin 
blows over Egypt ; The Sirocco blows over Italy ; The 
Solano blows over Spain. 

56. Monsoons are a species of land and sea breezes, 
which blow in a certain direction during a part of the 
year and in an opposite direction during the remainder 
of the year. The three principal monsoon regions are 
the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Guinea, the Mexican 
Gulf, and Caribbean Sea. 

57. Cyclones are storms moving in 2i parabolic path 
about a calm, circular center. In the northern hemi- 
sphere the rotation of the whirl is in a direction con- 
trary to the hands of a watch, south of the equator 
the whirl is with the hands of a watch. 

58. 1st. The temperature of the atmosphere. 2nd. 
The quantity of vapor in the air. 3rd. Amount of 
atmospheric pressure. 4th. Extent of exposed sur- 
face. 5th. The renewal of th*^ lir 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 171 

69. Moisture is deposited from the air in the form of 
rain, fog, mist, dew, cloud, sleet, hail, and snow. 
Precipitation can occur only when the air is cooled 
heloio the temperature of its dew point. The amount 
of precipitation decreases as we pass from the equator 
to the poles, and from the coasts of the continents 
toward the interior. 

60. Clouds temper the climate, protect the earth 
from too much heat in summer and keep it warm in 
winter. By their constant motion, they keep the 
atmosphere stirred up ; and thus is carried off those 
noxious exhalations that would otherwise render the air 
unfit for animal existence. Finally, they hold in 
minute particles the vast reservoirs of vapor which, 
when ao^o^reccatino:, exceed a certain size, fall to the earth 
as rain. 

61. The principal forms of clouds are classified as 
follows: The Cirrus cloud, a fleecy, feathery mass of 
condensed vapor, high above the earth ; the Cumulus 
cloud, a mountainous, rounded mass of dense vapor, 
formed in the lower regions of the atmosphere ; the 
Stratus cloud, a stratified collection of horizontal sheets, 
forming the base of the other clouds; the Nimbus 
cloud, a dark, stormy mass of vapor from which rain 
falls. 

62. At Cherrapongi, a station among the Himalaj^as, 
in India, where an annual rainfall of 610 inches has 
been recorded. The greatest rainfall in the New 
World is 280 inches, at Maranham, Brazil. 



172 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY* 

63. When, from any cause, as the sweeping down 
from the mountains into the warm valleys of cold blasts, 
or the rising of warm winds up the mountain slopes, 
clouds of different temperature are brought in contact, 
unable to hold the whole amount of moisture in solu- 
tion, they part with a portion of their vapor in the 
form of rain. This is due to the fact that the capacity 
of clouds to retain their moisture diminishes faster than 
their temperature. 

64. Snowflakes, which form the nuclei of hail are 
supposed to whirl around a horizontal axis, and be- 
tween two horizontal layers of cloud — the upper one 
of snow, the lower one of rain. As the particles pass 
through the successive strata of snow and rain, alter- 
nate coatings of ice and snow are formed, until at last 
they are hurled to the ground as hail. 

65. Upon the west bank. This is due to the diurnal 
motion of the earth. 

66. The sediment carried down the Amazon is swept 
away by the equatorial current. 

67. About 82 days, or from November 10th to Febru- 
ary 1st. Owing to refraction and the breadth of the sun's 
disc, twilight lasts from September 21, to November 
10, and from the same cause, twilight again begins 
February 1st. 

68. Wheat, in Tartary ; corn, in America; barley, in 
Tartary; oats, in the region of the Caucasus ; rye, in 
Persia; buckwheat, in northern China: the potato, in 
Chili or Peru. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 173 

69. An abundance of regularly distributed rain 
throughout the year. 

70. Barley is grown farther north than any other 
grain. 

71. Rice, dates, cocoa-nuts, bananas and plantains, 
cassava, bread-fruit, sago, and yams. 

72. From the seed of the cocoa-tree. 

73. Iron, Great Britain; Copper, Chili; Tin, Eng- 
land ; Zinc, Germany; Lead, Spain ; Gold, the United 
States; Silver, the United States. 

74. The distribution of heat, moisture, and vegeta- 
tion forms the basis for the distribution of animal life, 
because animals derive their sustenance either directly 
or indirecty from plants. 

75. As a rule, the luxuriance and variety of terres- 
trial animal life decrease as we pass from the equator 
toward the poles. This law of distribution is reversed 
in marine animal life, both the number and size of the 
species increasing from the equator toward the poles. 

76. The area of the coal fields of the United States 
is over six times as great as that of Europe. 

77. The prevailing winds of California during the 
summer and fall are from the east, which are deprived 
of their moisture in crossing the continent. The Pa- 
cific shores of Peru and Bolivia are rainless for a simi- 
lar reason. 

78. The Nebular hypothesis assumes that the matter 
of which the bodies belonging to the solar and planetary 
systems is composed, once existed in space as a great, 
chaotic, nebulous and highly heated mass of gas or 



174 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

vapor, endowed with a kind of whirlpool motion, which, 
gradually condensing through the mutual attraction of 
its particles, formed the countless suns; that the 
planets were formed by the condensation of rings of 
matter successively thrown off by the central mass, 
and the satellites by the condensation of matter thrown 
off in like manner by the planets. It was invented by 
Laplace, a French astronomer, in the latter part of the 
last century. All recent observations and discoveries 
seem to prove its correctness. 

79. An imaginary belt in the heavens, extending nine 
degrees on each side of the ecliptic, or celestial equa- 
tor. Within its limits are contained the orbits of all 
the planets except some of the minor planets. It is 
divided into twelve parts, called signs, of 30° each, as 
follows: Aries^ Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, 
Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, 
Pisces, 

80. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, 
Uranus, and Neptune. 



QUESTIOIS^S OX UXITED STATES HISTORY. 

1. What theories have been advanced regarding the 
origin of the American Indians ? 

2. What evidence exists which indicates the occu- 
pancy of this continent by a civilized race before the 
Indians ? 

3. Give a brief description of the American Indians 
as they have manifested themselves to the Whites. 

4. What claim to the discovery of America prior to 
Columbus is now very generally accepted ? 

6. Name some circumstances that directly contrib- 
* uted to the discovery of the Western Continent. 

6. What peculiar characteristics did Columbus 
possess which fitted him for his great work? 

7. Name in order the powers to which Columbus ap- 
plied for aid. 

8. (a) How many voyages to the New World were 
made by Columbus? (6) Name discoveries made in 
each voyage. 

9. How came this country to be called America? 

10. Why were the Indians so named ^ 

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176 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

11. What two circumstances dispelled the idea of the 
Spaniards that the lands discovered by Columbus were 
the Indies? 

12. Show how the promises made to Columbus by 
the Sovereigns of Spain compared with his rewards. 

13. Name ten Spanish discoverers and explorers, and 
after each write the name of his most important dis- 
covery or exploration, with date of each. 

14. (a) What territory of the New World was 
claimed by England? (6) Upon what were these 
claims based? 

15. Name the prominent English explorers of the 
16th century. 

16. What unsuccessful attempts were made by Eng- 
land to colonize North America in the 16th century? 

17. Locate the claims made by France, and state 
what means were employed to confirm these claims. 

18. Name five French explorers with the date and 
location of their explorations. 

19. Where and by whom were French settlements 
made in the early part of the 17th century? 

20. What claim did Holland make in America? 
Upon what based, and what was the extent? 

21. What motives may be assigned for the first at- 
tempt of the French to plant colonies in Florida and 
Carolina ? 

22. Give reasons for the long time intervening be- 
tween the discovery and settlement of North America. 

23. (a) What was the route from England to 
America during the 16th century? (b) How and by 
whom was the passage shortened, and to what extent? 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 177 

24. Give names and dates of the first permanent 
settlements made by the nations engaged in exploring 
the future United States. 

25. (a) What two companies were formed in Eng- 
land for colonizing America ? (b) What w^ere their 
respective territorial boundaries ? 

26. Kelate the circumstances which determined the 
site of the first permanent English settlement. 

27. Why were the first settlers at Jamestown poorly 
fitted for pioneer life ? 

28. What delusion among the people of Jamestown 
impaired the success of their first year's settlement? 

29. For what were the three charters granted to 
Jamestown remarkable? Give their dates. 

30. When Avas the " Starving Time " in Virginia? 
What was its cause and result ? 

31. When, where, and by whom convenea, was the 
first legislative body in America? 

32. When was negro slavery introduced into 
America ? 

33. When was the Navigation Act passed? When 
enforced ? What were its provisions ? 

34. State the cause and date of Bacon's Rebellion. 

35. Give the dates of the two Indian massacres in 
Virginia. 

36. (a) ^Yho was Pocahontas? (b) What influ- 
ence had she upon the Jamestown Colony ? 

37. When, w^here, and by whom was New York 
settled? 



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178 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

38. Name in order the four Dutch Governors of 
New York. 

39. What people settled Delaware? Under whose 
auspices? By whom conquered? 

40. What is the origin of the term Puritan, as ap- 
plied to the Plymouth settlers ? 

41. (a) What was the character of the Pilgrim set- 
tlers? (b) How did it fit them to become the founders 
of a successful colony in the New World ? 

42. (a) State the plan of working practiced by the 
early settlers of America, (b) What were its merits 
and demerits ? 

43. From what religious disturbances did the colon- 
ists of Massachusetts suffer ? 

44. (a) What colonies composed the famous 
** United Colonies of New England ? " (b) What was 
the purpose of the Union? 

45. When did King Philip s War occur? 

' 46. State the cause and result of King Philip's War. 

47. Why was Massachusetts made a Royal Province ? 
Who was appointed governor ? 

48. What social delusion occasioned great excite- 
ment in Massachusetts in the latter part of the 17th 
century ? 

40. Who settled Connecticut? 

50. When was the Pequod War? What was the 
principal action? How did it terminate? 

51. Under whom and by what class of people was 
Rhode Island settled ? 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 179 

62. What is particularly remarkable about the code 
of laws adopted by Rhode Island ? 

53. State what you can respecting general religious 
persecutions during the 16th century. 

54. How did New York come into the possession of 
the English? 

55. By what different sects was Pennsylvania prin- 
cipally settled ? What reasons can you assign for this ? 

56. What were the prominent principles of the laws 
established in Pennsylvania under the guidance of 
William Penn? 

57. What remarkable feature can you mention in 
connection with Penn's celebrated treaty with the In- 
dians ? 

58. When, where, by whom, and for what purpose 
was Maryland settled? 

59. What were the provisions of the Toleration Act 
passed by the Maryland Assembly in 1649? 

60. How did the religious tolerance of Rhode Island 
and Maryland differ ? 

61. Give date and cause of Claiborne's Rebellion. 

62. What religious troubles occurred in Maryland? 

63. Explain the origin of Mason and Dixon's line. 

64. After whom was Carolina named and by whom? 

65. What was '' Locke's Grand Model? " 

66. By whom and when was Georgia founded and 
for what purpose ? 

67. What restrictions were contained in the early 
laws of Georgia, and what was the effect? 

68. By what people was Charleston largely settled? 



180 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

69. Name four missionaries among the Indians? 

70. What was the character of Governor Andros*s 
administration in New England? 

71. Give the dates of the introduction of some of 
the religious societies in the American colonies. 

72. What may be said of educational provisions 
among the early colonies ? 

73. What were the causes of King William's War? 

74. What cause can you assign for the Indians usu- 
ally siding with the French against the English ? 

75. Name the principal actions and their results of 
Kino; William's War. 

76. What treaty ended King William's War, and how 
did it affect the American Colonies ? 

77. What was the cause and duration of Queen 
Anne's War? 

78. (a) Name the important events of Queen 
Anne's War. (b) By what treaty and upon what terms 
was it settled ? 

79. State the date, cause and result of King George's 
War. 

80. (a) What was the state of feeling between 
French and English settlers in the middle of the 18th 
century? (b) How had this condition been brought 
about ? 

81. What was the geographical position of the 
French and English settlements at the opening of the 
French and Indian War? How did this compare with 
their respective claims? 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 181 

82. Give some account of the ancestry of Washing- 
ton. 

83. Name the physical, mental, and moral traits 
which fitted Washington for his destiny. 

84. By whom and for what purpose was Wash- 
ington sent to the French commandant at Fort le Boeuf ? 

85. What were the five objective points of the Brit- 
ish during the French and Indian War? 

86. (a) What gave Fort du Quesne its importance? 
(6) Who conducted the expedition against this fort? 
(c) With what result? (d) By whom and when was 
the fort taken ? 

87. State the result of expeditions against Louis- 
burg, Crown Point and Ticonderoga, and Niagara. 

88. By what military action was the French and In- 
dian War terminated? By whom conducted? 

89. State the results of the French and Indian War 
to («) the French; (b) the English; (c) the Colonists. 

90. What eminent revolutionary generals received 
their training in the French and Indian War? 

91. What was the population of the American col- 
onies at the beginning of the Revolution? 

92. What forms of government existed in the colo- 
nies prior to the Revolution? 

93. Name the Colleges of Colonial times, and state 
which of these owed its existence to the patronage of 
the home government. 

94. Where and when was the first printing press in 
America ? The first permanent newspaper ? 



182 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

95. What differences in the customs and manners of 
the northern, middle, and southern colonies existed in 
Colonial times? 

96. What noted events occurred on the following 
dates: October 12,1492; May 23,1607; June 28, 
1619; December 21, 1620; February 22, 1732? 

97. What connection had the following persons with 
American history: DeSoto, Leonard Calvert, Roger 
Williams, D'Iberville, Sir William Pepperell? 

98. (a) When was rice first cultivated in South 
Carolina ? (b) When first exported ? 

99. When, where, and by whom was the first per- 
manent settlement made in the Mississippi valley? 

100. Show in what manner the influence of the early 
Governors of Virginia retarded the progress of educa- 
tion. 

101. How were the manufacturing and commercial 
enterprises of the colonists regarded by the British 
government ? 

102. What was the condition of American literature 
prior to the Eevolution ? 

103 Name in order of numbers the nationalities rep- 
resented in the American colonies at the opening of the 
Revolution. 

104. What were the peculiar characteristics of the 
colonists which influenced them in resisting the oppres- 
sions of the mother country ? 

105. Enumerate what are commonly styled the re- 
mote causes of the Revolution. 

106. What was the direct cause of the Revolution? 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 183 

107. Who and in what manner sounded <*The 
trumj)et of the Eevolution ? " 

108. Name some popular demonstrations showing 
the general opposition to the measures of the British 
government on the part of the colonists in the decade 
preceding the Revolution. 

109. (a) What was the Mutiny Act? (b) Why 
passed? (c) What was its effect? 

110. Give a short history of Faneuil Hall. 

111. What application had the terms *' Whigs and 
Tories?" 

112. How was Boston punished for the ** Tea 
Party?" 

113. Give the dates, places of convening, and objects 
of the three colonial Congresses held prior to the Rev- 
olution. 

114. (a) What and where was the first battle of the 
Revolution? (6) What was its purpose? (c) What 
was its effect? 

115. When and where was the second Continental 
Congress held? Name its principal acts. 

116. For what j^urpose, by whom conducted, and 
with what result was an expedition made against Can- 
ada in 1775? 

117. Name the principal military actions of 1776. 

118. By whom and when was the resolution declar- 
ing the Colonies free and independent States intro- 
duced ? 

119. (a) By whom was the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence drawn up ? (6) When adopted by Congress, 



184 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

and by what majority ? (c) By how many members 
signed? (d) What was its effect? 

120. By what movements did Washington display 
his greatest military powers ? 

121. Name ^vq eminent European officers who 
served with distinction in the Continental armies. 

122. (a) What was the object of Burgoyne's expe- 
dition ? (b) What was his force ? 

123. How were the plans of Burgoyne defeated? 

124. What officers contributed largely to the check 
and defeat of Burgoyne' s army? 

125. When was the present American Flag adopted? 

126. What is meant by the Conway cabal? 

127. What evidence attests the suffering and 
patriotism of the American army during the Kevolu- 
tion? 

128. Name the circumstances which induced France 
to aid the United States aojainst Ensjland. 

129. How far did the treaty of alliance with 
France contribute to the ultimate success of the Revo- 
lution ? 

130. Name the principal battles of 1777. 

131. (a) What financial measures were adopted by 
Congress to carry on the Revolution? (5) What was 
the result of the measure ? 

132. Name the patriot leaders of the South during 
the Revolution. 

133. (a) State the cause of Arnold's treason, (b) 
Its effect, (c) His reward. 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 185 

134. (a) What difficulties beset the Continental 
Army in consequence of a depreciated currency? (b) 
How were these difficulties aggravated by the 
British? 

135. Name the important military events of 1778. 

136. What important battles occurred in 1779? 

137. Who was the <' great financier'' during the 
Revolution ? 

138. What is particularly remarkable about Gen- 
eral Greene's campaign in the Carolinas? 

139. Name the battles of 1780. 

140. What important military actions occurred in 
1781? 

141. (a) By what treaty was the independence of 
the United States recognized? (b) Who were the 
commissioners appointed by Congress? 

142. Relate some circumstance showing a tendency 
on the part of the founders of our government to estab- 
lish a monarchy instead of a republic. 

143. (a) What were the ** Articles of Confedera- 
tion?" (b) When adopted by Congress ? (c) When 
did they become binding upon the States? (d) What 
were some of their radical defects? . 

144. State the origin of the Constitution. 

145. (a) Into what two parties were the people 
divided during the discussion pending the adoption of 
the Constitution? (b) What were the principles of 
these two parties? (c) Name some prominent Con- 
stitutional advocates. 



186 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

14^. (a) When did the Constitution of the United 
States go into operation ? (5) What States had not 
adopted it at that time? (c) Who was chosen first 
President and how elected? 

147. State the effect of the Revolutionary war upon 
the morals, manners, religion, education, commerce, 
and manufactures of the States. 

148. Who composed Washington's cabinet? 

140. Name some of the difficulties with which the 
first administration had to contend. 

150. (a) What financial measures we re proposed by 
Hamilton? (b) State their effect. 

151. What was the origin of the District of Colum- 
bia ? 

152. (a) What political parties were formed during 
Washington' s administration ? (b) What distinguished 
men were the leaders of these parties? 

153. What course did the people and government of 
the United States pursue with respect to the French 
Revolution ? 

154. (a) What laws enacted during Adams's admin- 
istration turned popular favor from the Federahsts? 
(5) Explain these laws. 

155. What was the first official expression of the 
doctrine of State Rights? 

156. In what manner and when did the United States 
acquire Louisiana? 

157. When, by whom, and by what means was steam 
first practically applied to navigation ? 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 187 

158. Enumerate the causes of the second war with 
Great Britain. 

159. (a) Why was not the War of 1812 a popular 
measure throughout the country? (b) Wliat party 
generally opposed the war? 

160. What was the general pian of the Americans at 
the opening of the Second War with Great Britain ? 

161. Contrast the general conduct of the land and 
naval forces during 1812. 

162. What armies were organized for the campaign 
of 1813, and by whom commanded, and for what pur- 
pose ? 

163. What action did Massachusetts take with ref- 
erence to the War of 1812? 

164. (a) What was the Hartford Convention? (b) 
Why was it called? (c) What was its action ? 

165. Name the principal battles of the Second War 
with Great Britain. 

166. By what treaty was this war ended? 

167. What were the results of the War of 1812? 

168. Name the principal events of Washington's 
Administration. 

169. Name the principal events of Adams's Admin- 
istration. 

170. What is particularly remarkable about the elec- 
tion of James Monroe to the presidency ? 

171. (a) What changes in the political parties of the 
United States occurred during Monroe's administra- 
tion ? (b) What particular measures characterized the 
new parties ? 



188 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

172. Name the principal events of Monroe's admin- 
istration. 

173. Name some noted events which occurred July 
4th. 

174. What was the Missouri Compromise? 

175. When and for what consideration did the 
United States obtain Florida? 

176. What is the Monroe Doctrine? 

177. How was John Quincy Adams elected Presi- 
dent? 

178. Name the coincidences in the lives of John 
Adams and Thomas Jefferson. 

179. For what was the administration of J. Q. 
Adams particularly distinguished ? 

180. What practice in official appointments was in- 
troduced by President Jackson in 1829? 

181. State the means proposed by Jackson to secure 
from France the payment of indemnities for destruc- 
tion of American commerce during the Napoleonic 
wars. 

182. When did the cholera make its first appear- 
ance in the United States ? 

183. Give an account of the nullification ordinance. 

184. Name the circumstances which contributed to 
the financial crisis of 1837. 

185! When and by whom was the northeastern 
boundary settled? 

186. In what respect did John Tyler resemble 
Andrew Johnson in his official acts ? 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 189 

187. What were the conditions upon which Texas 
was annexed to the United States? 

188. What were the chief grounds of opposition to 
the annexation of Texas ? 

189. (a) Upon what were the rival claims of Eng- 
land and the United States to Oregon based ? (b) How 
and where were these claims settled? 

190. (a) What was the cause of the war with Mex- 
ico? (b) When did it begin? (c) How long did it 
continue? (cZ) By what treaty was the war closed? 
(e) What were the terms of this treaty? 

191. What battles in Mexico were won by the Amer- 
icans ? 

192. (a) WTiat sectional disturbances threatened the 
Union at the beginning of Taylor's administration? 
(b) How were the dangers averted? 

193. Name the five provisions of the Compromise of 
1850, known as the Omnibus Bill. 

194. (a) What was the Kansas-Nebraska Bill? (b) 
Who was its author? (c) What was the legal effect of 
its passage? (d) State its political effect. 

195. What Congressional act may be said to have 
given birth and strength to the Republican party? 

196. Name the political parties which have existed 
since the adoption of the Constitution. 

197. Name the principal events of Pierce's admin- 
istration. 

198. (a) What was the Dred Scott decision? (b) 
How was it regarded by the North and South ? 



190 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

199. What was the alleged cause of the secession of 
the Southern States? 

200. Name the States which formed the ** Confed- 
erate States of America." 

201. (a) When and how was the War of Secession 
begun? (b) When and how was it ended? 

202. What was the attitude of England and France 
toward the United States during the Rebellion ? 

203. What was the general result of the first year of 
the War of Secession ? 

204. What was the general plan of conducting the 
war of the Rebellion on the part of the goverment? 

205. Show in what manner the defeat of the national 
troops at Bull Run proved advantageous to the cause of 
the Union. 

206. Name ten important battles of the Rebellion 
fouirht in 1862, and state which were Union and which 
Confederate victories. 

207. What was the numerical strength of the Union 
and Confederate armies at the beginning of 1863? 

208. (a) When and by whom was the Emancipation 
Proclamation issued? {b) Whom did it include? (c) 
How was it justified ? 

209. (a) How many invasions of the North were 
attemptec by Lee? (b) How and when were these 
checked ? 

210. (a) What was the turning point of the War of 
the Rebellion? (6) What military actions determined 
this point? 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 191 

211. Name the great l!)attles won by the Confed- 
erates in 1863. 

212. What was the purpose of Sherman's ** March 
to the Sea.'* 

213. "What reasons may be assigned for the faikire of 
the United States government to subdue the Rebellion 
earlier than it did ? 

214. Name some of the most important naval actions 
of the War of the Rebellion. 

215. Name in order the generals who commanded 
the army of the Potomac. 

21G. How were the war measures of the government 
during the Rebellion impeded in the North? 

217. State the number of men actually enlisted in 
the Union army during the Rebellion. 

218. (a) About what time during the Rebellion did 
the United States army contain the greatest number of 
men? (b) What was the daily expense of the govern- 
ment at this time? 

219. What was the total cost to the government of 
the War of Secession ? 

220. What was the effect of the War of Secession 
upon the North and South respectively? 

221. How were the expenses of the government 
during the Rebellion provided for by Congress? 

222. How and when was slavery in the United 
States abolished? 

223. Write a summary of the principles contained 
in the Fourteenth Amendment, 



192 QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

224. How were the men Qngaged in the Eebellion 
restored to their rights and privileges in the Union? 

225. How and why were States engaged in rebellion 
governed pending what is known as the ** reconstruc- 
tion? '' 

226. Give an account of the difficulties between 
President Johnson and Congress which led to his im- 
peachment. What was the result of this impeachment ? 

227. State fully the nature of the ** Alabama 
Claims.'' 

228. How was the difficulty regarding the Presi- 
dential contest of 1876 settled? 

229. What Presidents had been formerly Vice 
Presidents ? 

230. Name the Presidents who died in office 

231. Name the Presidents in chronological order, 
and after each write the name of the party by which 
he was elected, date of inauguration, and term of office. 

232. (a) When, and by whom, was the cotton gin 
invented? (b) What can you say of its political in- 
fluence in the United States? 

233. Name the Presidents who had been military 
men. 

234. For what is April 19th notable in the history 
of the United States ? 

235. What addition has been recently made to the 
President's cabinet? 

236. When, where, and by whom was Indiana first 
settled? 



QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY. 193 

237. Name five distinguished Union officers killed 
during the War of Secession. 

238. (a) State the difference between a protective 
tariff and free trade, (b) Which sections of the Union 
have favored these two policies? (c) Name three 
political leaders who have favored a protective tariff. 
(d) Three who have favored free trade. 

239. Name the Presidential candidates of 1860 and 
the parties they represented. 

240. (a) When, where, and by what people was 
Missouri settled? (b) When did it become a separate 
territory? (c) When was it admitted into the Union? 

241. When and where was California first settled 
by a civilized race? 

242. Name, including the more important Indian 
troubles, the wars in which the United States have 
been eno^ao^ed. 

243. (a) In what four ways have the United States 
acquired territory? (b) Specify the territory gained 
by each method, and state from whom acquired. 

244. Name the three greatest books published by 
American writers. 

245. What were the requirements of reconstruc- 
tion imposed upon the States which had passed ordi- 
nances of secession? 

246. Name the most decisive battle fought in the 
following States : Massachusetts, New York, Penn- 
sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, 
Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky. 



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194 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

247. What general is said never to have lost a 
battle? 

248. (a) How many attempts were made to lay the 
Atlantic cable. (5) To whom was the success due? 

249. Explain briefly the distinctions between the 
Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. 

250. When, and for what purpose, was the first 
paper money used in America? 

251 Name, three orators of America, three states- 
men, three poets, three historians, three novelists, 
three inventors. 

252. Give the names of ten of the most prominent 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

253. What persons have held the offices of General 
and Lieutenant-General respectively? 

254. In whom was the American executive power 
vested from 1787 to 1789? 

255. Name five important national events since the 
Kebellion. 

256. What important decision was rendered by the 
United States Supreme Court in 1883? 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON UNITED STATES 
HISTORY. 

1. 1st. That they are aborigines. 2nd. That they 
are descendants of Asiatic tribes who crossed Behring's 
Strait. 3rd. That they are descendants of Phoenician 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OX U. S. HISTORY. 195 

or Carthaginian colonies. 4th. That they are the ten 
** lost tribes " of Israel, who were conquered by Shal- 
maneser, King of Assyria, 700 B. C. 5th. That they 
are descended from the early Egyptians. 

2. Throughout the Mississippi Valley many thou- 
sand mounds and other curiously constructed earth- 
works, seemingly designed for religious and military 
purposes, attest the presence of a race greatly superior 
to the Indians. Architectural remains, as ruins of 
magnificent temples, cities and extended graded ways 
scattered along the western coast of South America 
and throughout Mexico and Central America, point to 
a people who had attained a degree of civilization not 
inferior to their contemporaries of Europe at the time 
in which they flourished. 

3. The Indians are cruel, treacherous, revengeful; 
and though boastful of their willingness for war, have 
ever shown themselves, as a race, cowardly in open 
battle. They are lazy and improvident, — the lessons 
of famine teachinsc them nothinoj for the future. The 
women are degraded, and regarded by the men as only 
fit to bear the burdens of their lords and provide for 
their daily wants. 

4. The claims of the Northmen, about the year 
1000. 

6. 1st. The invention of the mariner's compass in 
1302, and later, the astrolabe, an instrument for 
reckoning latitude. 2nd. An increased desire for 
geographical knowledge. 3rd. The invention of print- 
ing, furnishing numerous books of travel and descrip- 



196 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

tion of other lands. 4th. Increased commercial 
activity and a general demand for a route to the East 
Indies. 

6. He early displayed a fondness for Mathematics, 
Geography, and Astronomy. At fourteen he went to 
sea, where he continued, with few interruptions, all 
his life. Marrying the daughter of an eminent Portu- 
guese navigator, he became possessed of numerous 
charts and journals, which increased his thirst for dis- 
covery. 

7. First, to the Senate of Genoa; second, to King 
John II., of Portugal ; third, to Henry VII., of Eng- 
land, and, fourth, to the court of Spain. 

8. (a) Columbus made four voyages, (b) In the 
first voyage he discovered San Salvador, Cuba, and 
Hispaniola; in the second, Jamaica, and other neigh- 
boring islands ; in the third, Trinidad, and the coast 
of South America in 1498 ; in the fourth he explored 
the coast of Darien in 1503. 

9. A German geographer, Waldsee-Miiller, in re- 
publishing the adventures of Americus Vespucius, a 
companion of Columbus, suggested that the name of 
this writer should be applied to the country discovered 
by Columbus. 

10. Columbus, supposing the lands he had discov- 
ered were the outlying islands of India, called the 
natives Indians. 

11. First, the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by 
Balboa in 1513, and, second, the circumnavigation of 
the globe by Magellan in 1620. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 197 

12. He was promised the life Vice-royalty of all the 
countries he might discover, and died in poverty and 
obscurity, requesting that his chains be buried with 
him. 

13. Columbus, San Salvador, 1492; Ponce de Leon, 
Florida, 1512; Balboa, South Sea (Pacific), 1513; 
Cordova, Yucatan, 1517; Magellan, doubled Cape 
Horn and crossed the Pacific Ocean, 1520; Dc Ayllon, 
Carolina, 1520 ; Cortez, Mexico, 1519-21 ; DeNarvaez, 
Florida, 1528; De Soto, Mississippi Eiver, 1541; 
Espejo, New Nexico, 1582. 

14. (a) England claimed that portion of North 
America lying between Labrador and Florida, and 
from ocean to ocean, (b) This claim was based upon 
the discovery of Labrador and southward explorations 
by the Cabots, in 1497. 

15. Frobisher, Drake, Gilbert, Gosnold, and Smith. 

16. Li 1578, by Gilbert, in 1583, and again in 1587, 
by Raleigh. 

17. France claimed the valleys of the St. Lawrence, 
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and the islands in the 
Gulf of St. Lawrence. She attempted to make these 
claims good by planting military stations, missions, 
and trading posts at strategic points throughout the 
region. 

18. Verrazani, 1524, the coast from North Carolina 
to New York; Cartier, 1535, St. Lawrence River; 
John Ribaut, 1502, South Carolina; De Monts, 1605, 
Nova Scotia; Champlain, 1609, Lake Champlain. 



198 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

19. At Port Eoyal in 1605 by De Monts, and Que- 
bec in 1608 by Champlain. 

20. Holland claimed the Hudson valley as far east 
as the Connecticut, and the land embraced in the pres- 
ent States of New Jersey and Delaware, and the east- 
ern shores of Maryland and Virginia. This claim was 
based on the discoveries of Henry Hudson. 

21. To found an asylum for the Huguenots, a sect 
of French Protestants Avho were suffering from perse- 
cution at home. 

22. 1st. The hostility of the natives. 2nd. The jeal- 
ousy among the rival claimants to the country. 3rd. 
The absence of any great object of conquest, as ex- 
isted in Mexico and Peru. 4th. The distance from 
Europe and the inconvenience of transferring settlers 
in large numbers to new homes. 

23. (a) Southward along the coasts of Spain, Por- 
tugal, and Africa to the Canary Islands, thence nearly 
westward to the Bahamas, (b) Gosnold in 1602 
shortened the passage 3,000 miles by sailing directly 
from England to Massachusetts. 

24. St. Augustine, by the Spanish, 1565; Port 
Royal, N. S., by the French, 1605; Jamestown, by 
the English, 1607 ; New York, by the Dutch, 1613. 

25. (a) The London Company and the Plymouth 
Company, named from the residence of their principal 
members. (6) James I. granted to the first company 
all lands lying between the 34th and 38th parallels of 
north latitude, to the Plymouth Company the land 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 199 

lying between the 41st and 45th parallels. Both 
grants extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

26. The company, consisting of 105 persons, de- 
signed for the settlement under the command of Cap- 
tain Newport, contemplated landing on Roanoke 
Island ; but a violent storm carried them northward 
into Chesapeake Bay. Finding a good harbor off 
Point Comfort, so named on account of their recent 
peril, they went up the James River, where on the 
8th of May, 1607, forty miles above its mouth they se- 
lected a site for their future city. 

27. They were mostly from cities, unused to labor 
and hardships; and, ignorant of the means to be em- 
ployed in obtaining food, they were more of a burden 
than a help to the few who were capable of founding a 
colony in the wilderness. 

28. The attention of the settlers was so occupied by 
a glittering, yellowish sand, found in a small stream, 
that for months nothinsc was thouo^ht or talked of but 
to dig, wash, refine, and load gold. In this delusion 
nearly all participated, and everything looking to per- 
manent comfort was neglected. 

20. For the utter disregard of the personal rights, 
wishes, and needs of the colonists themselves. They 
were dated 1606, 1609, and 1612, respectively. 

30. The winter of 1609-10 was known as the 
*' Starving Time." The influence of Smith, the con- 
trolling spirit of Jamestown, being removed by his re- 
turn to England, the colonists became a prey to 
laziness, disease, and famine. In six months they 
were reduced from 490 to 60. 



200 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

31. It was called by Governor Yeardley at James- 
town, June 19, 1619. This was the origin of the 
*' House of Buro:esses '* in Yirmnia. 

32. Twenty negroes were sold to the Jamestown col- 
onists by the captain of a Dutch trading vessel in 1619. 
Their labor was found so profitable in the cultivation 
of tobacco that many others were afterward imported. 

33. It was passed in 1651, and enforced in 1660. 
It required that all colonial commerce should be car- 
ried on in English vessels, and that all tobacco should 
be shipped to England. 

34. Governor Berkley, of Virginia, failing to pro- 
vide sufficient defence against the Indians, the people 
in 1676 proceeded against them under a popular leader 
named Nathaniel Bacon. The Governor denounced 
Bacon as a traitor, and refused him a commission. 
Bacon marched against the Governor, driving him and 
his party out of Jamestown. The rebellion was ended 
by the death of Bacon. 

35. The first, in 1622; the second, in 1644. 

36. (a) Pocahontas was the dauofhter of the Indian 
chief Powhatan. (6) She saved the life of Captain 
Smith, the leader of the Jamestown colony, often 
brought food to the colonists, and in 1613 married 
John Rolfe, an English planter. Through her influence 
the friendship of the Indians was secured to the Eng- 
lish. 

37. New York was settled in 1613, on Manhattan 
Island by Dutch traders. 



ANS'^^'E^.s to questions on u. s. history. 201 

38. Peter Minuit, Wouter Van Twiller, William 
Kieft, and Peter Stuyvesant. 

39. Delaware, under the name of New Sweden, was 
settled at Wilmington by S^vedes and Finns in 1638, 
under the auspices of Oxenstiern, the minister of Gus- 
tavus Adolphus. New Sweden was claimed by the 
Dutch, and in 1652 the whole region was conquered 
and added to New Netherland. 

40. It was applied originally in reproach to the dis- 
senters from the established church of England during 
the reigns of James I. and Charles I. They professed 
to follow the pure word of God, in opposition to all 
traditions and human institutions and ceremonies. 

41. (a) They were earnest, sober-minded people, 
governed in all things by religious principles and their 
convictions of duty, {h) For twelve years they had 
been wanderers in Holland, without a home, without a 
country. They longed for an asylum where they could 
rear their children free from evil influences, and 
worship God according to the dictates, of their con- 
sciences. 

42. (fl) Most were governed by a community inter- 
est, that is, they shared the results of their labor in 
common. The practice w^as soon abandoned, {h) 
The only advantage it possessed was in keeping the 
settlers together for mutual defence, but it encouraged 
improvidence among the indolent. 

43. Roger Williams, an eloquent minister, after ex- 
citing many bitter discussions, was banished for advo- 
cating greater freedom of thought and action than was 



202 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

tolerated by the majority. Mrs. Anne Hutc son, 
claiming special revelations from heaven, aroused such 
violent and bitter controversy among the clergy that 
she, too, Avas soon after banished. Quakers were 
whipped, lined, sent out of the colony, and four were 
executed. 

44. (a) Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New Haven, 
and Connecticut, (h) It was formed for protection 
against the Indians, French, and Dutch. 

45. It opened July 14, 1675. 

46. Its cause was the jealousy of the Indians at the 
encroachments of the whites and an attempt to exter- 
minate them before they became too numerous. Many 
settlers were massacred, but at lenofth unitin": their 
forces and pursuing the Indians to t'leir retreats, the 
whites within a few months destroyed nearly'the en- 
tire force of savages. Philip was shot by a faithless 
Indian. 

47. Massachusetts, refusing to comply with the 
provisions of the Navigation Act, Charles II. seized 
upon her conduct as an act of disobedience, and made 
her a royal province, appointing Sir Edmund Andros 
as royal governor of New England. 

48. The Salem witchcraft. 

49. The first English settlers were from Massachu- 
setts. The Dutch had previously established trading 
posts along the Connecticut Kiver. 

50. The Pcquod War was begun in 1637 by the 
massacre of thirty whites. The principal battle was 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 203 

on the Mystic River. The tribe perished in the action 
of June 4, 1637. 

51. Rhode Island was settled first by Roger Will- 
iams, and later, by exiles from Massac^husetts, taking 
refuge there on account of religious persecutions. 

52. It was ** the first legal declaration of liberty of 
conscience ever adopted in Europe or America." 

53. Bigotry and religious intolerance prevailed 
among all the dominant sects, both in Europe and 
America, to such an extent that the weaker denomina- 
tions found security from persecution only among the 
wilds of America. 

54. The Duke of York, afterwards James 11., 
claimed the territory by virtue of a grant made by his 
brother Charles II. The colonists, composed largely 
of English, grew restless under the stern rule of Gov- 
ernor Stuyvesant, and longed for the freedom granted 
the neighboring colony of Connecticut. An English 
fleet appearing in the harbor, demanded the surrender, 
and the Governor, unable to resist the threatened 
atack, was forced to surrender. 

55. By Puritans, Quakers, and Scotch Presbyte- 
rians. This was doubtless due to the benevolence and 
charity of its illustrious founder, William Perm, who 
desired to establish a colony for the persecuted of all 
sects and nations. 

56. Faith in Christ was a necessary qualification for 
voting and holding oflSce; but no one believing in 
in * 'Almighty God " should be molested in his relig- 
ious practices. 



204 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTOEY. 

67. **It was the only treaty never sworn to, and 
the only one never broken." While the Indians 
waged war almost continuously with other colonies, 
they never shed a drop of Quaker blood. 

58. Maryland was settled in 1634, at St. Mary's, by 
Lord Baltimore [Cecil Calvert] , as a refuge for perse- 
cuted Catholics. 

59. It secured to all Christians liberty to worship 
God according to the dictates of their own conscience. 

60. The Toleration Act, passed by Rhode Island in 
1647, gave protection to every kind of faith and wor- 
ship, thus including the universally persecuted Jew, 
while that of Maryland extended protection to all 
forms of Christianity alone. 

61. Claiborne, a member of the Jamestown Council, 
having established trading posts in territory claimed 
by both the Virginia colony and the representatives of 
Lord Baltimore, refused to submit to the latter' s 
authority. Being convicted of murder and other 
crimes, he fled from the province; but returning in 
1637 with a large mob, he broke up the government. 
Governor Calvert the next year regained possession of 
his government. Order was soon restored, and Clai- 
borne was driven from the colony. 

62. During the wars of Cromwell the Protestants 
gaining supremacy in the Maryland Assembly, de- 
prived the Catholics of the protection of the laws. A 
civil war ensued, which continued till Cromwell's death, 
when the rights of Lord Baltimore were restored. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 205 

63. Mason and Dixon's line separates Pennsylvania 
from Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It was 
surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two 
English surveyors between 1763 and 1767. 

64. It was named after Charles IX. of France, by 
John Eibault. 

65. Clarendon and others to whom Charles II. had 
granted the region known as Carolina, contemplated 
the founding of a great empire. John Locke, the most 
eminent philosopher of his time, was engaged to draft 
a scheme and charter for the new province. This in- 
strument, known in history as the ** Grand Model," 
gave almost unlimited power to a body of nobles, but 
entirely overlooked the rights of the masses. Among 
a people accustomed to the hardships of pioneer life 
and compelled to govern themselves, there was no 
room for such a code, and the proposed constitution 
failed. 

66. Georgia was founded by James Ogelthorpe, in 
1733, as a home for English debtors. 

67. The size of farms was limited, women could not 
inherit land, and the importation of rum and slaves 
was prohibited. These prohibitions occasioned discon- 
tent and impaired the financial prosperity of the colon- 
ists to such an extent that the trustees, growing tired 
of their charge, gave up their claim, and Georgia be- 
came a royal province. 

68. By French Huguenots. 

69. Eliot, Marquette, Allouez, Hennepin. 



206 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

70. Every right the people had enjoyed was denied 
them, while their taxes were largely increased. Con- 
trary to the wishes of the people, the Church of 
England was established, and the meetings of the peo- 
ple, except for the election of town officers, were pro- 
hibited. 

71. The Dutch Eeformed Church was introduced 
into New York about 1G14; the Episcopal, 1608; the 
Koman Catholic, in 1634; the Mennonites, in Penn- 
sylvania, in 1692; the Tunkers or General Baptists, 
1719; the Moravians, in 1741 ; the Shakers, in 1774; 
the Wesley an Methodists, in 1766 ; the Universalists, 
in 1760. 

72. With few exceptions, every settlement made 
generous provision for the education of the children. 

73. King James having fled to France upon the 
opening of the English Revolution of 1688, France 
espoused his cause, and declared war against England. 
The natural jealousies existing between the subjects of 
these two rival powers soon developed hostilities 
among the colonies. 

74. The influence of the French was ever exerted 
in winning the Indians to their side. The missionaries 
of France converted many of the tribes to the Catholic 
faith. French traders and settlers mingled and mar- 
ried among the Indians, and in every relation affiliated 
with them upon terms of far greater intimacy than did 
the English. 

75. The attacks and massacres of Schenectady and 
Haverhill by the French and their Indian allies, from 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 207 

which the colonists suffered heavily and the capture of 
Port Royal, Acadia by the English colonists under Gov- 
ernor Phipps. 

76. The treaty of Ryswick, by which each party 
held the territory it had at the beginning of the war. 

77. Queen Anne's War, known in Europe as the 
War of the Spanish Succession, was caused by the 
jealousy of William III., at the growing power of the 
Bourbon family. The colonies were at once involved, 
and from 1702 to 1713 experienced all the horrors of 
Indian barbarit}^ 

78. The principal events of Queen Anne's War were 
the capture of St. Augustine and St. Marks, by the 
South Carolinians, the attack on Charleston by a 
French fleet, the attack and massacre of Deerfield and 
the capture of Port Eoyal. The war was terminated 
by the treaty of Utrecht, by which Acadia and New- 
foundland were ceded to England. 

79. King George's War, caused ^y the conflicting 
territorial claims of France and England, opened in 
1744, and continued four years. Louisburg, on Cape 
Breton Island, was wrested from the French by the 
British and Colonists, but by the treaty of Aix-la- 
Chapelle, was restored to the French. 

80. The bitterest feelings existed between the 
French and English settlers engendered by the three 
preceding wars. 

81. The French occupied and claimed the Ohio and 
Mi.jr^iisippi valleys, from the lakes to New Orleans. The 
English were scattered along the Atlantic Coast 



208 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

between Maine and Florida, and extending westward 
to the Alleghanies, but claimed the territory between 
their western settlements and the Ohio Kiver. 

82. Washington was descended from an old English 
family whose original name was Wessyngton, mem- 
bers of which were prominent in different periods of 
English history. His great-grandfather, who came to 
America in 1657, was distinguished in the early Indian 
wars. His father, Augustine Washington, died when 
he was eleven years old. 

83. Washington by nature possessed a vigorous and 
robust constitution, and excelled in the youthful sports 
of his time. In his studies he was surpassed by none. 
His manuscript-school books, still preserved, attest 
the precision and order of his mind. Like most men 
who have excelled in military tactics, he had a marked 
fondness for mathematics. His motives and morals 
were as pure as his patriotism was incorruptible. 

84. The French having erected forts upon territory 
claimed by the English in western Pennsylvania for 
the purpose of menacing the English settlers and 
breaking up the trade of the Ohio Company, Governor 
Dinwiddle, under orders of the General Assembly of 
Virginia, despatched Washington to inquire into the 
cause of the measures the French had pursued, and to 
ask that the forts be evacuated and the troops re- 
moved. 

85. The capture of the following: Fort du Quesne, 
Louisburg, Crown Point and Ticonderoga, Niagara, and 
Quebec. 



ANS^VERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 209 

86. (a) It commanded the Ohio River and formed 
the gateway of the west, (b) General Braddock. 
(c) His force was defeated and himself killed. (cZ) 
It was captured by Washington in 1758. 

87. Generals Amherst and Wolf captured Louisburg 
in 1758, Crown Point and Ticonderoga were evacuated 
at the approach of General Amherst in 1759, and the 
same year Niagara was taken by General Johnson. 

88. The capture of Quebec by General Wolf. 

89. (a) The French lost their entire American 
possessions, — giving to England all east of the Missis- 
sippi except two small islands, south of Newfoundland, 
and ceding to Spain New Orleans and all her territory 
west of the Mississippi, (b) England obtained con- 
trol of all North America, except the south west, and 
the glory of a renowned military conquest, (c) The 
Colonists lost 30,000 men and spent $16,000,000, a 
third only of which was returned by the mother coun- 
try; but the burdens of the war gave them the 
strength, courage, and independence which developed 
the revolution. 

90. Washington, Gates, Arnold, Morgan, Putnam, 
Montgomery, and Stark? 

91. About two and a half millions. 

92. Royal, Charter and Proprietary. 

93. Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, Princeton, 
King's, Brown, Queen's, Dartmouth, and Hampden 
Sidney. William and Mary was the only college which 
received a donation from the English government, 
taking, its name from its principal donors. 

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210 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

94. At Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1639. The 
** Boston Kews Letter," issued in 1704, was the first 
permanent newspaper. 

95. The people of New England were until the 
Revolution more homogeneous than those of other 
colonies. The influence of the early Puritans, with 
their rigid adherence to the literal interpretation of the 
Scriptures, shaped every motive of public and private 
action ; gaming, racing, theaters, and nearly every form 
of frivolity were prohibited. The middle colonies, 
though peopled by representatives from nearly every 
country of northern Europe, were essentially Dutch in 
their social customs. While the severest laws of mor- 
ality were inculcated and enforced, the people enjoyed 
greater freedom and means of pleasnre than their 
northern neisihbors. The Southern colonies beins^ 
more sparsely settled, were less rigidly governed by 
those religious and sumptuary laws peculiar to munici- 
pal corporations, for which the New England colonies 
were early distinguished. Greater freedom of conduct 
and luxury of living prevailed than elsewhere, though 
church attendance was obligatory in most of the 
Southern colonies, as in New England. 

96. Oct. 12, 1492, Columbus discovered San Sal- 
vador; May 23, 1607, Jamestown settled; June 28, 
1619, first Representative Assembly in America; Dec. 

21, 1620, landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Feb. 

22, 1732, Washington born. 

97. De Soto discovered the Mississippi River, 1541 ; 
Leonard Calvert colonized Maryland, 1634; Roger 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 211 

Williams settled Rhode Island, 1636; D'Iberville 
founded Mobile, 1702; Sir Wm. Pepperell, in com- 
mand of colonists, captured Louisburg, 1745. 

98. (a) In 1696. (6) First exported in 1698i. 

99. In 1688 or 1690 at Kaskaskia, 111., by the 
French. 

100. With few exceptions, the early governors of 
Virginia were aristocratic and tyrannical, and caring 
nothing for the masses, opposed every measure calcu- 
lated to elevate the people. Governor Bukley is cred- 
ited with saying, *' I thank God there are no free 
schools nor printing presses here, and I hope we shall 
not have them these hundred years." 

101. With the utmost disregard for Colonial inter- 
ests, the government sought to stifle with various re- 
strictions the manufacturing and commercial spirit of 
the colonists. 

102. The only bdoks published in America before 
the Revolution were a few histories, religious treatises, 
and political essays. Up to this time no great poem 
or work of fiction had been produced in America. 

103. English, Dutch, Scotch, Irish, French, Ne- 
groes, Germans, Swedes, and a limited number of 
Finns, Norwegians and SpaniaCrds. 

104. They were descendants of men who had fled 
from oppression, and braved and suffered the hard- 
ships of the wilderness for the blessings of civil and 
religious liberty. They possessed a freedom, inher- 
ited from these ancestors, as responsible as it was en- 
joyable. The incompetence of the British officers and 



212 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

the heroism and prowess of their own officers and men 
during the wars with the French had shown them the 
power which they possessed within themselves. 

ips. 1st. The Navigation Act. 2nd. Writs of 
Assistance, authorizing custom-house officers to break 
open stores, dwellings, and ships, in search of mer- 
chandise on which it was suspected no duty had been 
paid. 3rd. The Stamp Act, requiring all legal in- 
struments of writing, as notes, deeds, bonds, and even 
newspapers, almanacs, and other printed matter to be 
stamped. 4th. The Boston Massacre. 5th. The 
Boston Tea Party, and the Boston Port Bill. 6th. 
The Trade Restrictions imposed upon the colonies 
by the English government. 7th. The General 
Treatment of the settlers as an inferior class of 
people. 

106. Taxation Without Representation. The 
British government attempted to tax the colonies with- 
out their consent in order to raise money to defray the 
expenses of the French and Indian War. 

107. James Otis, in Boston, when he said in a 
speech in reference to the Writs of Assistance, ** To 
my dying day I will oppose, with all the powers and 
faculties God has given mc, all such instruments of 
slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other." 

108. The houses of stamp officers were mobbed, 
prominent officials were hung in effigy ; people agreed 
to use no article of British manufacture ; associations, 
called the ** Sons of Liberty,'* were formed for the 
purpose of resisting the stamp law. The day upon 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 213 

wnich the stamp act was to go into effect <* was ob- 
served as a day of mourning," and in everyway pos- 
sible the people manifested theij determination to 
resist the oppression of the British Government. 

109. (a) The Mutiny Act required the colonies to 
provide British soldiers with quarters and supplies. 
(b) The government, in order to quell the rebellious 
spirit of the colonists determined to place a military 
force among them, (c) The people were indignant ; 
they thought it bad enough to be taxed, but to be com- 
pelled to feed and shelter their oppressors seemed be- 
yond all endurance. Most of the colonial assemblies 
absolutely refused to furnish the shelter or subsist- 
ence. 

110. Faneuil Hall was erected by Peter Faneuil in 
1742. It originally comprised a market place on the 
ground floor and a town hall above. It was the ren- 
dezvous of the Revolutionary spirits for which reason 
it has been called the '* Cradle of Liberty." 

111. The Tories supported the British government, 
the Whigs opposed it. 

112. By the Boston Port Bill, passed by Parliament, 
by which ships were forbidden to take in or discharge 
their cargoes at the port of Boston. 

113. The first was convened at Albany, N. Y., in 
1754, for the purpose of adojoting a plan of union 
against the French and Indians. The second, repre- 
senting nine colonies, met in New York, October, 1765, 
for the purpose of remonstrating against the Stamp 
Act. The third, known as the ** First Continental 



214 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

Congress," met in Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774, to con- 
cert a plan of action and union against the tyrannical 
measures of Parliament. 

114. (a) The battle of Lexington April 19, 1775. 
(5) The capture of military stores collected at Con- 
cord, (c) The complete union of the colonies. 

115. At Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. It voted to 
raise 20,000 men and appointed General Washington 
commander-in-chief. A petition to the King was or- 
dered and sent, but George III., regarding them as 
rebels, refused to be petitioned. 

116. To prevent the British using Canada as a ren- 
dezvous and base of supply, an expedition under Gen- 
erals Schuyler, Montgomery, and Arnold was sent to 
occupy the province. St. Johns and Montreal were 
captured by Montgomery ; but in the attack on Que- 
bec, the Americans were repulsed with the loss of 
General Montgomery, and the expedition proved a 
failure. 

117. British evacuation of Boston; Attack on Fort 
Moultrie ; Battles of Long Island, White Plains, and 
Trenton. 

118. By Eichard Henry Lee, June 7, 1776. 

119. («) By Thomas Jefferson, (b) July 4, 1776, 
by a majority of one colony, (c) By all members 
present, — 56. (d) It was everywhere in the States 
just formed greeted with the firing of cannon, the 
ringing of bells, and other demonstrations of exulta- 
tion. 

120. In the battles of Trenton and Princeton. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 215 

121. La Fayette, Barons de Kalb and Steuben, 
Count Pulaski, and Thaddeus Kosciusko. 

122. (a) Burgoyne's purpose was to force his way 
from Canada to New York, and thus cut off New Eng- 
land from the other colonies. (5) His force consisted 
of 10,000 regulars, Canadians and Indians. 

123. By the two battles of Saratoga, Sept. 19 and 
Oct. 7, 1777, in the latter of which he was so com- 
pletely worsted that he was compelled to surrender his 
entire army. 

124. Generals Schuyler, Gates, Lincoln, Arnold, 
Morgan, Stark, and Kosciusko. 

125. June 20, 1782 

126. While Washington was encamped at Valley 
Forge, using every means to keep the army together, 
through that long, gloomy winter, intrigues were on foot 
to supersede him in command by friends of Gates, whose 
brilliant success was contrasted with the late reverses 
of Washington. These were principally conducted by 
one General Conway. So great was the indignation 
upon this becoming known that the instigators were 
ashamed to acknowledge the part they had taken in 
the intrigue. 

127. In a letter written by Washington at Valley 
Forge, he says: *' Without arrogance, or the smallest 
deviation from truth, it may be said that no history, 
now extant, can furnish an instance of an army suffer- 
ing such hardships as ours has done, bearing them with 
the same patience and fortitude." 



216 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

128. The untiring exertions of Benjamin Franklin 
and the surrender of Burgoyne. 

129. Without the assistance of France in money, 
ships, and troops, it is scarcely probable that the colo- 
nies would have succeeded without a struggle greatly 
prolonged. 

130. Princeton, Bennington, Brandy wine, Saratoga, 
Germantown. 

131. (a) In 1775, and in each year following till 
1780, Congress issued bills of credit, called continen- 
tal money, till the amount reached $200,000,000. (b) 
For want of confidence of the people in the redemp- 
tion of these bills, and the flooding of the country 
with counterfeits by the British, this money depreci- 
ated in value till $100 in bills were worth but a dollar 
in specie. 

132. Marion, Sumter, Pickens, Lee and Hayne. 

133. (a) Indebtedness and disgrace caused by ex- 
travagance, dissipation, and gambling, and charges re- 
sulting in a reprimand by Washington, inflamed him 
to resentment. (6) While it temporarily grieved the 
Americans and caused apprehensions of more serious 
results, it united the army and people in a more vigor- 
ous effort in expelling the British, (c) His reward 
was £6,315, a colonelcy in the English army, and the 
contempt of everybody. 

134. (a) The revolt of the Pennsylvania and New 
Jersey troops on account of non-payment for service 
and insuflScient supplies and clothing, (b) Agents of 
Sir Henry Clinton offered the mutineers large rewards 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 217 

to join the British army ; but while they were in revolt, 
they were not traitors ; they arrested the emissaries 
and gave them up as spies. 

135. Battle of Monmouth, arrival of the French 
fleet, capture of Savannah by the British. 

136. Stony Point, PaulJones's Naval battle, repulse 
of the Americans and French at Savannah. 

137. Robert Morris of Pennsylvania. 

138. He never gained a decided victory, but his de- 
feats had all the effect of success. Again, it is to be 
noticed that the British retreated after each victory 
they claimed, and only pursued the Americans after 
their defeat by Morgan at the Cowpens. 

139. Surrender of Charleston to the British, battles 
of Hanging Rock, Camden, and King's Mountain 

140. Battle of the Cowpens, Greene's Retreat, bat- 
tles of Guilford Court House, and Eutaw Springs, and 
Surrender of Cornwallis, Oct. 19, 1781. 

141. (a) By the treaty of Paris, September 3, 
1783. (b) John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John 
Jay, Henry Laurens, and Thomas Jefferson, though 
the latter did not serve. 

142. Many of the officers at the close of the Revo- 
lution, doubted the ability of the people to form an 
efficient government ; and many and urgent were the 
proposals made to Washington that a monarchy be es- 
tablished and he accept the crown. Washington indig- 
nantly repelled the offer. 

143. (a) The **Articles of Confederation" consti- 
tuted the bond of union of the States which declared 



218 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON" U. S. HISTORY. 

themselves independent of Great Britain. (5) They 
were adopted by Congress, November 15, 1777. (c) 
According to their own provisions they were not bind- 
ing until ratified by all the States, which did not occur 
till March 1, 1781. (d) By these articles Congress 
had power to declare war and contract debts, but could 
not raise a dollar by taxation. It could advise all 
things, but could enforce nothing. 

144. The manifest failure of the Articles of Con- 
federation, the deranged condition of the finances of 
the country, and the numerous controversies verging 
upon open hostilities between several of the States, con- 
vinced the people that immediate steps must be taken 
to revise the bond by which the States were united. 
After several attempts to secure a meeting of represen- 
tatives from the several States, on May 25, 1787, the 
delegates present organized by electing George Wash- 
ington president of the Convention, and proceeded at 
once to the work in hand. The idea of revision was 
early abandoned ; and after a deliberation of four 
months and three days, the Constitution as we have it 
to-day, except the Amendments and the manner of 
electing the President, was published to the people. 

145. (a) Federalists and Anti-Federalists, (h) 
The Federalists favored the Constitution and sought to 
increase the powers of the national government, and 
thus strenthen the Union at home and abroad. The 
Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution on the 
ground that it gave too much authority to Congress, 
thus weakening the power of the States and might 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 219 

ultimately lead to the establishment of a monarchy, 
(c) Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madi- 
son were among the most prominent advocates of the 
Constitution. 

146. (a) March 4, 1789. (b) North Carolina and 
Rhode Island, (c) George Washington, by a unani- 
mous vote. 

147. The change of occupation, associations and 
general practice of the people produced a greater 
looseness in morals and manners. That high sense of 
integrity which had existed before the war, gave place 
to more slippery notions of honesty and honor. The 
atheistical philosophy, which was preparing the way 
for the horrors of the French revolution, spread over 
the country and threatened to wreck the religious sen- 
timents of the people. Commerce was entirely ne- 
glected, but cut off from foreign supply, the people 
were compelled to look to their own ingenuity for the 
manufacture of those articles needed in the struggle, 
and for the usual avocations of life. 

148. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State (then 
styled Secretary of Foreign Affairs); Henry Knox, 
Secretary of War ; Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of 
the Treasury; and Edmund Randolph, Attorney 
General. 

149. The treasury was empty and the government 
without credit. The frontier was ravaged by hostile 
Indians. Spain refused the navigation of the Missis- 
sippi, and England ignored all commercial treaties thus 
far proposed. 



220 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

150. (a) Hamilton proposed the payment of the 
national debt, foreign and domestic, and the assump- 
tion of the State debts contracted during the war. 
(h) These measures at once gave confidence in the 
stability and integrity of the government. 

151. At the second session of Congress an act was 
passed fixing the seat of government after the year 
1800 on the Potomac Kiver. In accordance with this 
act, Maryland and Virginia ceded to the U. S. a tract 
of land 10 miles square which was termed the '' Dis- 
trict of Columbia." The City of Washington was 
founded on the Maryland side in 1792, Washington 
himself laid the cornerstone of the capitol. The Vir- 
ginia portion, containing forty square miles, was re- 
ceded to that State in 1846. 

152. (a) The Republican and Federalist parties. 
(b) Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph were the 
the leaders of the Republican party, Alexander Ham- 
ilton and John Adams of the Federalists. 

153. A majority of the people, grateful for the aid 
of France in the American Revolution, fervently de- 
sired the success of the French Republic. The Presi- 
dent considering the true policy of this country was 
non-interference in the affairs of Europe, issued a 
proclamation of neutrality. 

154. {a) The Alien and Sedition laws passed in 
1798. (b) The Alien law authorized the President to 
order any alien, whom he should judge dangerous to 
the United States, to leave the country. Under the 
Sedition law, any person could be punished, by fine 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 221 

or imprisonment, for speaking, writing, or publishing 
anything false or malicious against the government, 
the President, or Congress. 

155. The legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky, in 
response to the passage of the Alien and Sedition laws, 
asserted that a State had a right to judge for itself 
how far the national authority should be considered 
binding. 

156. Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803 
for fifteen million dollars. 

157. In August, 1807, by Kobert Fulton, who made 
the voyage from New York to Albany in the first 
steamboat, the Clermont. 

158. The aggressions committed b}^ British cruisers 
in executing the ** Orders in Council,^'' in maintaining 
the right of search for alleged British subjects, and the 
impressment of American seamen, often taken from 
American vessels. 

159. (a) The country was poorly prepared for 
war. The army numbered but ten thousand men, 
while to contend with the formidable naval power of 
England, which included a thousand vessels, we could 
boast but ten frigates and a few old worthless gunboats. 
(b) The Federalists. 

160. To invade and conquer Canada. 

161. The general result of the military expeditions 
into Canada was disastrous to the Americans, while the 
naval engagements were almost without exception suc- 
cessful. 



222 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

162. The Army of the West, under General Har- 
rison, for the recovery of Michigan ; the Army of the 
Center, under General Dearborn, for the invasion of 
Canada by the way of Niagara Eiver, and the Army 
of the North, under General Wade Hampden, for the 
protection of the northern frontier and ultimate 
cooperation with the other armies in the invasion of 
Canada. 

163. Though New England generally opposed the 
War of 1812, Massachusetts took the lead, considering 
it ruinous to the interests of the country, wrong in its 
origin, and in its progress, characterized by the gross- 
est mismanagement. 

164. (a) A convention of delegates from most of 
the New England States, which met at Hartford, Ct., 
Dec. 15, 1814. (b) The object was to consider the 
condition of the States represented with reference to 
the prosecution of the war. (c) Beyond the recom- 
mendation of several amendments nothing was done. 

165. Perry's Victory, battles of the Thames, 
Lundy's Lane, Plattsburg, and New Orleans. 

166. By the treaty of Ghent, Dec. 24, 1814. 

167. While the terms of the treaty left the questions 
of the war unsettled, the claims of England were 
never renewed. The United States gained the respect 
of European nations and at once took her place among 
the leading powers of the world. 

168. Restoration of the public credit ; war with the 
Indians in the Northwest Territory; Jay's Treaty; 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 223 

admission to the Union of Vermont, Kentucky, and 
Tennessee ; and the invention of the cotton gin. 

169. Hostilities with France, death of Washington, 
and removal of the national capital to Washington. 

170. The Federalist party had become so weakened 
by its opposition to the War of 1812, that Monroe, 
the Republican candidate, was elected almost unani- 
mously. 

171. (a) The Whig party succeeded the Federalist; 
while the Republican party became known as the 
Democratic party, (b) The Whigs advocated a pro- 
tective tariff and a general system of internal im- 
provements; the Democrats opposed these. 

172. The Seminole war; the purchase of Florida ; 
the admission of Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, 
and Missouri into the Union ; adoption of the ** Mis- 
souri Compromise " and La Fayette's visit. 

173. First ship built in New England — the *' Bless- 
ing of the Bay," July 4, 1631 ; the Declaration of In- 
dependence, July 4, 1776; death of Adams and Jeffer- 
son, July 4, 1826 ; death of James Monroe, July 4, 
1831 ; surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. 

174. Pending the admission of Missouri, violent 
debate arose on the question whether it should be a 
free or a slave State. It was finally agreed in 1820 
that Missouri might come in as a slave State, but that 
slavery should be prohibited in all territory, belonging 
to the United States, west of the Mississippi, and 
north of parallel 36° 30'. 



224 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

175. In 1819, the American Government agreeing 
to pay to citizens of the United States ^ve million 
dollars, due them from Spain, and give up all claim to 
the present State of Texas. 

176. In President Monroe's annual message, in 
1823, alluding to the South American colonies, re- 
cently recognized as sovereign powers, he declared 
that ** the American continents, by the free and inde- 
pendent position which they have assumed and main- 
tained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects 
for future colonization by any European powers." 

177. Four candidates were in the field, and no one 
receiving a majority of the electoral vote, John Q. 
Adams was elected by the House of Representatives. 

178. Both were early enlistled in their country's 
cause. Both were bold, ardent, unyielding patriots. 
They were both members of the committee appointed 
to prepare the Declaration of Independence, and they 
formed the sub-committee appointed by the other 
members to make the draft of it. While Jefferson 
was the author of the Declaration, Adams was its great 
advocate on the floor of Congress. Both had been 
ministers abroad, both vice-presidents, and both 
presidents, and both died on July 4, 1826 

179. For unprecedented internal improvements. 
During Mr. Adams's presidency the Erie Canal was 
opened, in 1827 the first railroad was completed in 
Quincy, Mass.; though steam locomotives were not 
used till 1829. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 225 

180. The removal of officials belonging to an oppo- 
site party and appointing political adherents. 

181. France had acknowledged the claim of the 
United States to five million dollars, but refusing to 
make the payment, President Jackson proposed that 
reprisals should be made upon the French property 
until the claim was paid. 

183. In 1832. 

183 The political leaders of South Carolina, chief 
of whom were Robert Y. Hayne, senator from that 
State, and John C. Calhoun, then vice-president, held 
that it is the right of a State to determine for itself 
how far it would yield obedience to the laws of the 
United States. South Carolina asserting the principle 
of a protective tariff to be unjust and unconstitutional, 
called a convention, which, November 24, 1832, passed 
an ordinance of nullification, declaring the tariff laws 
mill and void. Preparations were made to resist the 
enforcement of these laws in that State, but the 
prompt action of the President, and a compromise 
tariff passed by Congress, averted the threatened 
calamity. 

184. 1st. The flooding of the country with a large 
amount of paper currency by the banks holding the 
public funds, thus favoring an unwarrantable spirit of 
speculation. 2nd. The withdrawal of the surplus 
public funds from the banks to be distributed among 
the States, causing a sudden contraction of the specie 
circulation from the inability of the banks to meet the 
demand. 3rd. The President's specie circular, order- 

15 



226 ANSWEHS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

ing payment for public lands to be made in gold and 
silver. 4tli. Heavy importations, requiring payment 
in gold. 

185. In 1842, by Daniel Webster and Lord Ash- 
burton. 

186. In vetoing the measures of the party which 
had elected him to office. 

187. 1st. That Texas should adopt a constitution, 
and lay it before Congress on or before January 1, 
1846. 2nd. That all mines, minerals, fortifications, 
arms, navy, etc., should be ceded to the United Scates. 
3rd. That new States might hereafter be formed out 
of said territory. 

188. First, an unwillingness to involve the country 
in a war with Mexico, owing to unsettled disputes 
regarding the boundary of Texas ; and, second, anti- 
slavery men opposed its annexation on the ground 
that Texas being slave territory, its admission would 
extend the area of slavery. 

189. (a) The United States founded their claim to 
Oregon upon the expeditions and explorations of Cap- 
tain Gray, in 1792, and Lewis and Clark in 1804-5, 
and on the purchase from Spain of her rights to that 
territory. The English based their claim upon the 
operation of British fur companies within the terri- 
tory, (b) The present boundary was established by 
treaty in 1846. 

190. (a) The annexation of Texas, (b) By an 
action in which Captain Thornton, with some fifty dra- 
goons, was captured, April 26, 1846, though war was 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 227 

not formally declared till May 11. (c) Till February 
2, 1848. (d) By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 
(e) The United States gained a vast territory, extend- 
ing south to the Gila Kiver and west to the Pacific, 
and agreed to pay Mexico fifteen million dollars, and 
to assume her debts due to American citizens to the 
amount of three million more. 

191. All the important battles. 

192. (a) 1st. The people of the slave States con- 
tended that the territory acquired by the blood and trea- 
sure of the whole Union from Mexico should be open to 
slaveholders with their slaves as well as with their 
other property. 2nd. Calif ornia asked admission as a 
free State, although a portion of her territory lay 
south of the proposed line of compromise in which 
slavery should be permitted. 3rd. Petitions were 
pouring in from the north praying for the abolition of 
slavery in the District of Columbia. 4th. The south 
was greatly exasperated by the assistance rendered 
fugitive slaves to escape. 5th. Texas set up a claim 
to a part of the acquired territory, which if allowed, 
would extend slavery to the region claimed. (/>) By 
the passage of the Omnibus Bill. 

193. 1st. California was to be admitted as a free 
State. 2nd. Utah and New Mexico were to be formed 
as territories without any provision concerning slavery. 
3rd. Texas was to be paid ten million dollars to give up 
her claim on New Mexico. 4th. The slave trade was 
to be abolished in the District of Cohimbia. 5th. A 
Fugitive Slave Law was to be enacted providing for 



228 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

the return to their owners of slaves escaping to a free 
State. 

194. (a) The Kansas-Nebraska Bill provided for 
the organization of two territories — Kansas and 
Nebraska, in which the question whether they should 
be free or slave, should be determined in each territory 
by its inhabitants, (b) Its author was Stephen A. 
Douglas, (c) Its legal effect was the repeal of the 
Missouri Compromise, (d) Its political effect was 
the most bitter sectional strife the country had known. 

195. The rescinding of the Missouri Compromise, 
by the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill in May, 
1855. 

196. (1.) The Federalists. (2.) Kepublicans. 
(3.) Democrats. (4.) Whigs. (5.) Free Soilers. 
(6.) Republicans (opposed to the extension of 
slavery). (7.) Americans or Know-No things. (8.) 
Constitutional Union Party. (9.) Liberal Republicans. 
(10.) National Greenbackers. 

197. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise, civil 
war in Kansas, and treaty with Japan. 

198. (a) Dred Scott and his wife were slaves 
belonging to a United States army surgeon, who took 
them into Illinois and afterwards to United States 
territory north of the Missouri Compromise line. 
Claiming their freedom on the ground that they had 
been carried into free territory by their master, the 
United States Supreme Court, in 1857, through Chief- 
Justice Taney, declared that slave-owners might take 
their slaves into any State of the Union without for- 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 229 

felting authority over them, (b) At the north it 
produced great indignation, the effect being it was 
considered, the last barrier to the legal extension of 
slavery throughout the country. The people of the 
south regarded it as only a right guaranteed them by 
the Constitution. 

199. The southern leaders declared after the election 
of Mr. Lincoln that he was a sectional candidate, 
pledged to the overthrow of slavery, and assuming the 
right of secession, declared that its exercise was nec- 
essary to protect them from aggression on the part of 
the Federal Government. 

200. South Carohna, Mississippi, Floriaa, Alabama, 
Georgia, Louisiana and Texas, organized the govern- 
ment; Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North 
Carolina, entered the confederation later in thesprin^-. 

201. (a) April 14, 1861, by the capture of Fort 
Sumpter, by the Secessionists, (b) April 20, 1865, 
by the surrender of Johnston's army to Sherman, 
though the rebel forces west of the Mississippi did not 
surrender till May 26. 

202. Their interest in the cotton product of the 
South, together with their jealousy of the growing 
power of United States, caused them to accord to the 
Southern Confederacy the rights of belligerents, and 
to furnish them aid in the way of arms and money. 

203. With the exception of the victories of the 
Union army in West Virginia, the occupancy of Mis- 
souri by Union forces, and the capture of Hatteras 
Inlet, North Carolina, and the forts at Port Royal 



230 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

Entrance, South Carolina, by the Union navy and 
army, the military advantage was entirely with the 
Confederates. 

204. 1st. To confine the military operations within 
the Confederate States. 2nd. To enforce the block- 
ade of the Southern ports. 3rd. To open the Mis- 
sissippi River. 4th. To capture Richmond, the 
Confederate capital. 

205. The result of the battle of Bull Run convinced 
the Northern people that the preservation of the Union 
could be accomplished only by the most gigantic 
struggle. After this battle extraordinary efforts, 
extreme measures and unflinching determination char- 
acterized every act of the people, the government and 
the army till the great work was completed. 

206. The Union victories of 1862 were Fort Donel- 
son. Pea Ridge, Shiloh, Antietam, lukaand Murfrees- 
boro; the principal Confederate victories were the 
Seven-Days' battles before Richmond, Second Battle 
of Bull Run, Cedar Mountain and Fredricksburg. 

207. The Union army numbered about 700,000 
men, while that of the Confederate was about half this 
number. 

208. (a) January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln. 
(b) It included all slaves in the insurgent States 
except such parts of Louisiana and Virginia as were 
under national authority, (c) As the legitimate 
issue of the rebellion. 

209. (a) Two. (6) The first was checked by the 
battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862 ; the second by the 
battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, and 3, 1863. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 231 

210. (a) July 1, 2, 3, and 4, 18G3. (b) The battle 
of Gettysburg and surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, by 
which the Confederates lost in killed, wounded, and 
prisoners, 60,000 men. 

211. Chickamauga and Chancellorsville. 

212. To divide the Confederacy and ultimately to 
cooperate in the attack on Eichmond from the South. 

213. 1st. Ignorance of the real intentions of the 
Southern leaders. 2nd. Absence of any definite 
preparation in the beginning. 3rd. Want of sufficient 
number of trained officers. 4th The prudence, tact, 
and military skill of the Confederate officers and valor 
of the Southern soldiers, 5th. The need of a com- 
manding officer for the first three years, regulating the 
movements of the different armies for the accom- 
plishment of a definite purpose. 

214. The capture of Port Royal Entrance, the bat- 
tle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, the de- 
struction of the Alabama by the Kearsarge, and the 
capture of Mobile by Farragut. 

215. Irwin McDowell, George B. McClellan, John 
Pope, Ambrose E. Burnside, Joseph Hooker, George 
G. Meade, and U. S. Grant 

216. While thousands of men were fiojhtino; for the 
preservation of the Union in the national armies, there 
were many in the North who sympathized with the 
Southern insurgents. These, with emissaries from the 
South, too cowardly to enter the ranks, sought every 
opportunity to thwart the efforts of the government in 
subduing the rebellion. During the draft for troops 



232 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

in New York and elsewhere, forcible resistance was at- 
tempted resulting in terrible riots, causing the destruc- 
tion of millions of property and many lives. 

217. 2,690,000 men. 

218. (a) May 1, 1865, when the number under 
arms was 1,000,000 men. (b) The daily expense at 
this time was $3,500,000 per day. 

219. Including pensions up to 1883, the amount was 
not far from $4,000,000,000. 

220. The North emers^ed from the war richer and 
stronofer than ever before ; while the South was re- 
duced to poverty and greatly diminished in numbers. 

221. 1st. By a system of internal revenue, as taxes 
on incomes, manufactures, etc. 2nd. By the issuing 
of $500,000,000 treasury notes as a circulating medium. 
3rd. By loans of various forms, for which the bonds 
of the U. S. were given. 

222. By the 13th Amendment, declared adopted by 
the States as a part of the Constitution, December 18, 
1865. 

223. 1st. Equal civil rights shall be guaranteed to 
all, without regard to race or color. 2nd. Kepresen- 
tation in each State shall be in proportion to the number 
of voters. 3rd. No man who broke his civil oath to 
engage in rebellion shall hold oiEce, or vote for presi- 
dent till permitted by special act of Congress. 4th. 
The national debt, including bounties and pensions to 
soldiers, shall be held inviolable. 5th. The rebel 
debt shall be held illegal and void. 6th. No compen- 
sation shall be allowed for emancipated slaves. 



ANSAVERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 233 

224. By general amnesty and pardon. 

225. By military governors appointed by the Presi- 
dent, because, according to the plan of reconstruction, 
their own State governments were declared merely 
provisional. 

226. Troubles growing out of the difference of 
opinion between President Johnson and Congress re- 
specting the ** readmission of the seceded States,'* 
occasioned much bitterness of feeling between Johnson 
and that body. No less than seventeen bills submitted 
for the President's signature, were returned with his 
veto — most of which were afterwards passed by the 
requisite two-thirds majority of both houses. Finally, 
upon the President's removing Mr. Stanton, Secre- 
tary of War, without concurrence of the Senate, the 
House of Representatives by a vote of 126 to 47 im- 
peached Andrew Johnson, President of the United 
States, of high crimes and misdemeanors in office. 
The President was acquitted, but only by one vote. 

227. The American government claimed reparation 
from the English government for depredations com- 
mitted by the Alabama and other English-built-and- 
manned privateers during the Civil War. The refusal 
of the English government to pay the damages caused 
by these vessels, produced much bitter feeling, and 
even threatened war. A tribunal consisting of five 
arbitrators from different nations, acting under the 
provisions of the treaty of Washington, met in Genoa, 
Switzerland, and on Sept. 14, 1872, awarded the sum 
of 15V2 million dollars in gold to be paid by Great 



234 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

Britain to the United States, for the satisfaction of all 
the claims << known as the Alabama claims.'* 

228. Both parties claiming the victory, Congress 
agreed to refer the contest to a joint electoral commis- 
sion, composed of lave senators, five representatives, 
and ^VG judges of the Supreme Court This commis- 
sion decided that 185 electoral votes had been cast for 
Hayes and Wheeler, and 184forTilden and Hendricks. 

229. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Martin 
Van Buren. 

230. Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, and Garfield. 
231. 

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John Adams *< 

Thomas Jefferson Republican 

James Madison '* 

James Monroe <* 

John Quincy Adams Whig, 

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Martin Van Buren * < 

William H. Harrison Whig, 

John Tyler << 

James K. Polk Democrat, 

Zo chary Taylor Whig 

Millard Fillmore '* 

Franklin Pierce Democrat, 

James Buchanan <' 

Abraham Lincoln Republican, 

Andrew Johnson < • 

U.S.Grant " 

R. B. Hayes «« 

James A Garfield... ** 

Chester A Arthur •* 





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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 235 

232. (a) In 1792, by Eli Whitney, (b) By its in- 
vention, the annual production of cotton in the Southern 
States was increased from five thousand to over five 
million bales, a quantity equal in value to seven-eighths 
of all the cotton produced on the globe. By this won- 
derful increase in the civilized world's commodity, 
** Cotton became king," and slavery, his scepter, with 
which he souo^ht to rule the world. Without this in- 

o 

vention the South would never have attained its present 
agricultural importance, and slavery, for the want of 
profitable continuance, would not have lingered on our 
continent till its baleful influence drenched the country 
with the people's blood. 

233. Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor and 
Grant. 

234. For the first blood shed in the Revolution and 
in the Great Civil War. 

235. A Secretary of Agriculture. 

236. In 1690, at Vincennes, as a trading post by the 
French. 

237. General Lyon, August 10, 1861 ; Generals Stev- 
ens and Kearney, September 1, 1862 ; Colonel Dahl- 
gren, February, 1864 ; General Sedgwick, May 9, 1864. 

238. (a) A protective tariff is a duty imposed on 
imported goods for the purpose of encouraging their 
manufacture at home. Free trade means no duty what- 
ever, or a light duty for revenue only, (h) The North 
has generally favored a protective tariff, the South free 
trade, (c) Clay, Webster and Calhoun (during his 
earlier career), (d) Calhoun, Benton, and Hayne. 



23 G ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

239. Abraham. Lincoln, Republican party; Stephen 
A. Douglass, the northern wing of the Democratic par- 
ty ; John C. Breckenridge, the pro-slavery Demo- 
cratic party ; John Bell, the Constitutional Union 
party. 

240. (a) In 1755, at St. Genevieve, by the French. 
(b) April 8, 1812. (c) August 10, 1821. 

241. In 17()9 at San Diego. 

242. Revolutionary war; war with Indians in north- 
west Territory, 1793—4; war with Tripoli, 1801— 5 ; 
second war with Great Britain 1812 — 14 ; war with the 
Creeks, 1811 — 14 ; warwith Algiers, 1815 ; Black Hawk 
War, 1832; Seminole War, 1835—37 : war with Mexi- 
co, 1846—8; the Civil War, 1861—5; the war with the 
Sioux, 1862, and again in 1877. 

243. (a) By conquest, purchase, annexation, ex- 
ploration, and occupancy, (i) By conquest: the orig- 
inal territory from England ; partly By conquest and 
partly by purchase: California, Nevada, etc., from 
Mexico ; by annexation : Texas from Texas ; by ex- 
ploration and occupancy: Oregon; by purchase: Louis- 
iana, from France, Florida from Spain; Gadsen tract, 
from Mexico, Alaska from Russia. 

244. Bancroft's History, Webster's and Worcester's 
Dictionaries. 

245 They were required to rescind their ordinances 
of secession, declare void all debts contracted in sup- 
port of the Rebellion, and vote to adopt an amendment 
to the Constitution abolishing slavery. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 237 

246. In Massachusetts, Bunker Hill; in New York, 
Saratoga; in Pennsylvania, Gettysburg; in Maryland, 
Antietam; in Virginia, Yorktown; in Tennessee, 
Nashville, and Murfreesboro ; in Georgia, battles 
before Atlanta ; in Mississippi, battles in vicinity of 
Vicksburg; in Arkansas, Pea Ridge; in Kentucky, 
Perryville. 

247. General George H. Thomas. 

248. (a) Four; viz., 1857, 1858, 1865, and accom- 
plished in 1866. (b) Cyrus W. Field. 

249. 1st. The Articles of Confederation constituted 
a mere bond of union between independent States; — 
the Constitution is the expression of a people constitut- 
ing and establishing themselves an independent and 
indivisible nation. 2nd. The power of Congress, 
under the articles of Confederation was only delegated 
power, the States reserving the sovereignty to them- 
selves; — the power of Congress, under the Constitu- 
tion comes direct from the people. 3rd. Under the 
Articles of Confederation, Congress could merely 
recommend, leaving the sovereign States to act as their 
localinterests might dictate ; — under the Constitution, 
Cohgress, representing the will of the people, author- 
izes, and the executive enforces. 4th. Congress, under 
the Articles of Confederation, could apportion the 
general debt among the States, and recommend that 
each pay its just share; — under the Constitution, 
the national debt is paid by appropriations from the 
national treasury. 



238 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 

250. Durinor Kinoj William's War Massachusetts 
issued bills of credit to pay the expense of Governor 
Phipp's expedition against Canada. 

251. Three orators: Patrick Henry, Clay and Web- 
ster; statesmen: Hamilton, Madison and W. H. 
Seward; poets: Longfellow, Bryant, and Whittier ; 
historians: Bancroft, Prescott, and Motley; novelists: 
Cooper, Irving, and Hawthorne ; inventors : Eli 
Whitney, Morse, and Edison. 

252. John Hancock, John Adams, Benjamin Frank- 
lin, Robert Morris, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, 
Eldridge Gerry, Richard Henry Lee, Charles Carroll, 
Samuel Adams. 

253. The rank of General has been held by U. 
S. Grant and W. T. Sherman; Lt. General by 
Washington, Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, — Scott, 
by brevet. 

254. Under the Articles of Confederation no such 
officer was provided as President. The Constitution, 
which succeeded the Articles of Confederation, was 
completed by the convention, September 17, 1787, but 
owing to the delay in its ratification by the requisite 
number [9] of States, it did not go into effect until 
March 4, 1789 ; during the interim both executive and 
legislative powers were exercised by Congress. 

255. The purchase of Alaska, the Centennial Cele- 
bration, settlement of the fishery dispute, the rail- 
road riots, and the assassination of President Gar- 
field. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON U. S. HISTORY. 239 

266. November 15, 1883, the United States Supreme 
Court decided that the first and second sections of the 
Act of Congress of M.irch 1, 1877, entitled **An act 
to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights * ' 
were unconstitutional. These acts refer to granting 
colored persons equal accommodations in hotels, rail- 
road cars, and theatres. 



QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

1. Define government as applied to communities. 

2. What does the term nation in a political sense 
mean? 

3. What should be the chief object of every govern- 
ment? 

4. (a) Name the various forms of government 
known to history, (b) State which of these are now 
in existence. 

5. (a) Explain what is meant by a republican form 
of government, (b) Give five examples. 

6. What term defines the government of the U. S. ? 

7. What analogy exists between the government of 
the U. S. and the several States? 

8. Show whether the form of government under 
which we live is ** the best " for all classes. 

9. What do you mean by a written constitution? 
and how does it differ from an unwritten constitution? 

10. Whence are the laws of this country mainly de- 
rived ? 

11. By what bonds were the States united from 1775 
to 1789? 

240 



QUESTIONS ON CI^'IL GOVERNMENT. 241 

12. State in the fewest words possible the objec- 
tions to the Articles of Confederation. 

13. Write correctly the Preample to the Constitu- 
tion. 

14. Which of the several objects set forth in the 
Preamble do you regard the most important? Give 
your reason. 

15. What is the Congress of the U. S. ? and of what 
does it consist? 

16. (a) How often, and when, does Congress as- 
semble? (b) What is the constitutional term of its 
existence ? (c) What do you mean by the forty-fourth 
Congress ? 

17. (a) What is the House of Kepresentatives ? 
(b) Of how many composed (1884)? (c) Why are 
the members called Representatives ? (cZ) Eligibility ? 
(e) What is the basis of representation (1884)? 

18. What is the constitutional definition of a citizen? 

19. Where and for what purpose does the word 
slavery occur in the Constitution? 

20. {a) What is the principal object in taking the 
census? (b) How often taken? (c) Name some 
other facts obtained by the census than population. 

21. Define the following terms used in the Constitu- 
tion: electors; oath ;aflirmation ; judgment ; indictment. 

22. State what bills must originate in the House of 
Representatives, and why. 

23. Under what circumstances does the House of 
Representatives elect the President? How many times, 
and when did this occur? 

16 



242 QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

24. How is the U. S. Senate composed? 

25. What are the conditions of eligibility to the U. 
S. Senate? 

26. By whom and for what term are Senators chosen ? 

27. Is the President of the Senate pro tempore, when 
the Vice-President has succeeded to the presidency, 
Vice-President of the U. S. ? Give your reason. 

28. When does the Chief Justice preside over the 
Senate ? 

29. What is impeachment? By whom made? By 
whom tried? 

30. What is an executive session of the Senate? 
Why so called, and what business is transacted at such 
session, and in what manner? 

31. (a) When is the Vice-President of the U. S. 
elected by the Senate? (b) When has such an elec- 
tion occurred? 

32. What punishment under the Constitution may 
follow conviction, on impeachment, by the Senate? 

33. \Mmt constitutes a quorum in Congress? 

34. Name the objects in taking the vote by yeas and 
na3^s in the U. S. Congress. 

35. On what docs the duration of Congress depend? 

36. What is a bill as used in the Constitution? 

37. (« ) By how many processes may a bill become 
a law? (6) Give the several steps of each process. 

38. ((/) Is the veto power of the President quali- 
fied or absolute? (6) State what you can respecting 
the exercise of this power by the different Presidents. 

30. Give an explanation of a writ of habeas corpus* 



QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 243 

40. When, why, and by whom may the writ of 
habeas corpus be suspended ? 

41. Why are export duties from States prohibited? 

42. What is the object of the provision restricting 
the disbursement of public money ? 

43. State why army appropriations cannot extend 
beyond two years. 

44. State clearly what is meant by a bill of attainder. 

45. What is an ex-post-facto law? 

46. Who declares the punishment of treason ? To 
whom is the punishment limited? 

47. Why does the Constitution in the 14th Amend- 
ment prohibit the payment of certain debts ? 

48. Give a comprehensive definition of civil liberty. 

49. What Constitutional provisions are made for 
the exercise of religious freedom? 

50. What personal rights of speech, freedom of the 
press and right of petition are guaranteed by the Con- 
stitution? 

51. State a reason why the Senate suffrage can 
never by changed by Constitutional amendment. 

52. Why a»e insurrections more liable to occur 
under our government than under a monarchy ? 

53. What rights and powers are reserved to the 
respective States ? 

54. What is the origin of the State obligation to the 
Federal Union ? 

55. Why are amendments equally binding on such 
States as do not ratify them as upon others ? 



244 QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

56. What terms of the Constitution particularly es- 
tablish the supremacy of the U. S. authority? 

57. Name the commercial powers which the States 
are forbidden to exercise. 

58. Under what circumstances would a State be jus- 
tified in raising troops without the consent of 
Congress ? 

59. For what purpose are inspection laws enacted ? 

60. What is the term of office of Supreme Court 
judges ? 

61. What was the origin of trial by jury? 

62. What is the difference between a grand and 
petit jury ? 

63. Under what conditions may a person be de- 
prived of his property ? 

64. How is treason against the U. S. defined? 

65. In whom is the executive power of the U. S. 
vested ? 

66. What conditions of eligibility are required in 
the President? 

67. How many and what methods are provided for 
the election of President of the U. S. ? 

68. Give a brief outline of the method of electing 
the President of the United States. 

69. Who would become President if the Constitu- 
tional methods prescribed failed in the election of that 
officer ? 

70. State the extent of power given the President 
over pardons and reprieves. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 245 

71. Define the following terms : Ambassador, 
Minister, Consul. 

72. What officers constitute the President's cabinet? 

73. Name the instances in our history in which the 
Vice-President has been called to fill the unexpired 
term of the President. 

74. What special propriety is there in prescribing 
the election of Vice-President by the Senate, in case 
the electors fail in electing that officer? 

75. In what respect do the duties of the President 
of the Senate differ from those of the Speaker of the 
House ? 

76. How is the Supreme Court of the United States 
established, and how organized ? Of how many judges 
does it consist ? 

77. How is a person having a claim against a State 
to obtain relief ? 

78. Name the various offices and bureaus in charge 
of the Department of the Interior. 

79. Explain what is meant by '' minority represen- 
tation." 

80. Name some exceptions to universal suffrage in 
the several States. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIIi GOVERN- 
MENT. 

1. The term government signifies the organized 
means a nation emplo3^s for securing the rights of the 
people and for perpetuating its own existence. 



246 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

2. A nation is a political community, independent 
of all others, creating and changing its own constitu- 
tion and enacting its own laws without hindrance from 
any other community. 

3. The good of the governed. 

4. (a) Patriarchal, Theocratic, Monarchial, Aristo- 
cratic, Democratic, Republican, (b) Monarchial and 
Eepublican. 

5. (a) A Eepublican government is one whose laws 
are made and executed oy representatives chosen by 
voters at stated times, (b) The United States, France, 
Switzerland, Mexico, Chili. 

6. A Federal-Eepublican government. 

7. The National government and State governments 
have each three distinct branches or departments : the 
legislative, executive, and judicial. The President of 
the nation corresponds to the Governor of the State; 
the vice-president of the former, to the lieutenant-gov- 
ernor of the latter. The nation has its congress, and 
the State has its legislature. The nation has its federal 
judiciary, and the States have their system of courts. 

8. It is the best for an intelligent and virHuous peo- 
ple ; but for the ignorant and depraved it is the worst 
form which could be devised, since the power is likely 
to fall into the hands of corrupt intriguers and mer- 
cenary demagogues influenced by no motive but self- 
interest, and amenable to no power save that of might. 

9. A written constitution is a written instrument 
embodying the principles or fundamental laws which 
govern the nation. An unwritten constitution is the 



ANS^VERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNINIENT. 247 

character of a nation as implied in the institutions and 
usages of its society. 

10. From England. 

11. For the first six years, by the ties of common 
interest, without an}^ written bond of union; after that, 
by the Articles of Confederation. 

12. They were antagonistic to the spirit, genius, 
and constitution of the people whom they were designed 
to mould into one nation. 

13. We, the people of the United States, in order 
to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure 
domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, 
promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings 
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain 
and establish this Constitution for the United States of 
America. 

14. The 5th, to '^ promote the general iveJfare,'" be- 
cause it implies, in a general way, all the others. 

15. The law-making power of the United States. 
It consists of a Senate and a House of Eepresentatives. 

16. {a) Congress must assemble at least once every 
year, on the first Monday in December. (&) It can 
never extend beyond two years. (c) The forty- 
fourth Congress means the forty-fourth time a new 
Congress, i.e, the House of Representatives has been 
organized, which must occur every alternate year. 

17. (a) The House of Representatives is the most 
numerous branch of Congress. Its members are 
elected by the people, {b) It is composed of 325 
members, which number will not be changed before 



248 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

March, 1893. (c) Because they act, and speak, and 
vote as the agent of the people who elect them, (^d) 
A Representative must have attained the age of 25 
years, must have been a citizen of the U. S. seven 
years, and must be an inhabitant of that State from 
which he is chosen, (e) From March, 1883, to March, 
1893, each State is entitled to one representative for 
every 151,912 of its inhabitants. 

18. All persons born or naturalized in the United 
States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citi- 
zens of the United States and of the State wherein 
they reside. 

19. Only in the 13th Amendment for the purpose 
of its abolition. 

20. Theapportionment of representatives, (b) Every 
ten years. The first was taken in 1790. (c) Besides 
the number of inhabitants, their ages, sex, color, and 
ability to read and write, we obtain statistics of facts 
relating to agriculture, commerce, manufacture, etc. 

21. Electors in the Constitution means voters. An 
oath is a solemn declaration made with an appeal to 
God for the truth of what is said. An affirmation is a 
solemn declaration made by one who is unwilling to 
take an oath from conscientious scruples. A judg- 
ment is a solemn determination of a fact by compe- 
tent judicial authority. 

22. **A11 bills for raising revenue shall originate in 
the House of Eepresentatives," because since the peo- 
ple are to pay the taxes, if any are imposed, it is 
proper that their representatives should be the prime 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 219 

movers in any measures that require money to prose- 
cute them. 

23. When the electors shall fail to elect a President, 
in the manner prescribed, the election devolves on the 
House. This has occurred twice: the first time in 
1801 , when Thomas Jefferson was elected on the thirt}^- 
sixth ballot; the second instance was in 1825, when 
John Quincy Adams was elected on the first ballot. 

24. The Senate is composed of two members from 
each State. 

25. A Senator must be thirty years of age, have 
been a citizen of the United States nine years, and must 
be an inhabitant of the State from which he is chosen. 

26. Senators are chosen by the Legislatures of their 
respective States for a term of six years. 

27. The President of the Senate ^?'o tempore is not 
Vice-President of the United States. The Vice-Presi- 
dent is an officer of the United States, and cannot be 
a member of Congress. A person may be eligible to 
the office of Senator, and consequently to the position 
of President i)ro tern., though ineligible to the Vice- 
Presidency. Example : the President pro tern, might 
not be a native-born citizen. 

28. When the President is tried the Chief Justice 
presides. 

29. An impeachment is a solemn and specific accusa- 
tion brought against a public officer for misconduct in 
office. The House has the sole power of preferring 
articles of impeachment. The Senate has the sole 
power to try all impeachments. 



250 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

30. An Executive Session is a special meeting of 
Senators called for the purpose of confirming Presi- 
dential appointments or ratifying treaties. It is so 
called because in such cases the Senate acts on the 
recommendations of the President. The meeting is 
held with closed doors, the members being, gener- 
ally, under an injunction of secre.sy. 

31. (a) When the electors shall fail to elect a Vice- 
President. (6) Richard M. Johnson in 1837 was 
elected Vice-President by the Senate. 

32. 1st, Removal from office ; and, 2nd, Disqualifi- 
cation to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or 
profit under the United States. 

33. A majority of each House. 

34. To preserve a record of the vote of each mem- 
ber on any matter voted upon. 

35. 1st. On the Constitutional limitation which can 
not extend beyond two years. 2nd. On the pleasure 
of the two Houses, subject to the foregoing restric- 
tions. 3rd. On the pleasure of the President of the 
United States, when the two Houses cannot agree on 
the time of adjournment. 

36. A bill is the draft of a proposed law. 

37. (a) Three processes. (5) First process: 1st. 
the bill shall pass both Houses of Congress. 2nd. It 
shall be presented to the President. 3rd. If he ap- 
prove it he shall sign it. 

Second Process: 1st. The bill shall pass both 
Houses. 2nd. It shall be presented to the President. 
3rd. If he disapprove it, he shall return it to that 



ANSWEr.S TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 2-^1 

House in which it originated. 4th. That House shall 
enter his objections at large on their journal. 5th. 
They shall proceed to reconsider it ; and if, after such 
reconsideration, two-thirds of the House shall agree to 
pass it, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the 
other House. 6th. The other House shall reconsider 
the bill ; and if approved by two-thirds of that House, 
it shall become a law. 

Third Process : 1st. The bill shall pass both Houses. 
2nd. It shall be sent to the President. 3rd. He neg- 
lects to approve or return it. 4th. It becomes a law 
at the end of ten days (Sundays excepted), unless 
Congress by adjournment within that time prevent its 
return. 

38. (a) The veto power of the President is only 
qualified, not absolute. In this respect it differs from 
the veto power of the British Sovereign, in whom it is 
absolute. (6) Nearly all the Presidents have exercised 
the prerogative. Tyler vetoed five bills, and John- 
son, twenty-one. Bills have been passed over the veto 
of but three Presidents — viz., one in the administra- 
tion of Mr. Tyler, four in that of Mr. Pierce, and 
seventeen in that of Mr. Johnson. 

39. It is a writ of relief ordering the release of any 
one imprisoned or wrongfully restrained of his lib- 
erty. If the court on inquiry decide that the person 
is justly restrained he is remanded to custody, other- 
wise he is set at liberty. 

40. The writ of habeas corpus may be suspended 
during a rebellion, when the public safety may require 



252 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIYlh GOVERNMENT. 

it. The power of suspension belongs to Congress. 
From 1861 to 1865, Congress vested the power in the 
President. 

41. The Prohibition is to prevent taxing the inter- 
ests of any State to its detriment, and giving undue 
advantages to others. The production of the several 
States being different, the burden of taxation would 
be as unequal as the exports. 

42. To secure strict faithfulness in the public ex- 
penditures. No officer of the U. S. or of Congress 
can draw a dollar of public mone}" except by appro- 
priations made by law. 

43. This constitutional provision was due to the 
fear that the army might become a power too formid- 
able to be consistent with the riHits and liberties 
of the people. 

44. It is a special act of the legislative body, 
inflicting capital punishment on a person for high 
crimes, without having convicted him before a court 
of law. A person against whom such an act was 
passed was said to be attainted and outlawed. His 
blood became so corrupted that he could neither 
inherit from his ancestry, nor transmit by hereditary 
descent to his heirs. 

45. An ex-post-facto law is one which makes an act 
criminal which was not so when committed. 

46. Congress. The punishment is limited to the 
person convicted ; in no legal sense does it reach his 
posterity. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CR^IL GOVERNMENT. 2o6 

47. These debts were incurred in aid of the rebel- 
lion against the U. S. Their repudiation is designed 
as a poiialty on those who aided the rebellion by 
investinj^ in Confederate bonds. 

48. *' Civil liberty is the natural liberty o:^ man- 
kind so far, and only so far restrained as is consistent 
with the public good." — Pliny. 

49. '' No religious test shall ever be required as a 
qualification to any office or public trust under the 
United States." 

** Congress shall make no law respecting an estab- 
lishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise 
thereof." 

60. No law shall be made *' abridging the freedom 
of speech or of the press ; or the right of the people 
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government 
for a redress of grievances." 

51. Art. V. of the Constitution provides that '* No 
State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its 
equal suffrage in the Senate." 

62. On account of the greater freedom our people 
enjoy than those under other forms of government, 
that freedom is, correspondingly, more liable to be 
abused. 

53. All such rights and powers are reserved to the 
States as are not expressly, or by necessary implica- 
tion, delegated to the general government. 

54. It is based on their assent to the Constitution 
of the U. S. Having accepted the terms of the union, 
they became subordinate to the national authority. 



254 ANS\^^RS TO questions on civil government. 

65. Because, having entered the Union, they agreed 
to the terms upon which its Constitution might be 
amended. 

56. Sect. 2, Art. VI. : <*This Constitution, and the 
laws of the United States which shall be made in pur- 
suance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall 
be made under the authority of the United States, 
shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges 
in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the 
Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary not- 
withstanding." 

57. 1. To coin money. 2. To issue bills of credit. 
3. To make anything but gold and silver coin a tender 
in payment of debts. 4. To pass any law impairing 
the obligation of contracts 

58. Necessities for protection against invasion or 
insurrection might be so great as to render a delay 
dangerous ; in which case the State government would 
be justified in arming and equipping its own troops 
for the emergency. 

59. Inspection laws serve to maintain the standard 
and purity of articles designed for exportation and 
domestic use. 

60. During good behavior, or life. Any judge of 
the U. S. Court having held his commission ten years, 
and having attained the age of seventy years, may 
resign his office and receive the same salary during 
life which was payable to him at the time of his res- 
ignation. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 255 

61. Trial by jury originated in England in the 9th 
century during the reign of Alfred the Great. 

62. A grand jury consists of from 12 to 23 men, 
whose duty is to make careful inquiry of offenses 
committed within the district for which they are 
chosen, and to make presentment of the same. A 
majority is required to find an indictment. A petit 
jury consists of 12 '*good and lawful men," selected 
to try the offenses against which indictments are 
found, or for the trial of issues of fact. A unanimous 
vote in most States is necessary to convict. 

63. The public good may require private property 
for public roads, railroads, arsenals, forts, etc. In 
these cases private property may be taken by authority 
of law, but not without just compensation to the owner. 

64. ** Treason against the United States shall con- 
sist in levying war against them, or adhering to their 
enemies, giving them aid and comfort." 

65. In the President of the United States. 

66. He must be a natural born citizen of the U. S., 
must have attained the age of 35 years, and have been 
14 years a resident within the United States. 

67. Two methods : first, by electors appointed for 
that purpose ; if this method fail the election devolves 
on the House of Representatives. 

68. The following are the steps taken in the election 
of President: 

1st. The electors, previously appointed, shall meet 
in their respective States on the first Wednesday in 



256 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

December, and vote by distinct ballots for President 
and Vice-President. 

2nd. The votes are signed, certified, sealed, and 
addressed to the President of the Senate at the seat of 
government of the United States. 

3rd. The President of the Senate, at a joint meet- 
ing of the two Houses of Congress, called the second 
Wednesday of February, shall open the certificates, 
and the votes are counted by tellers appointed by the 
House and the Senate. 

4th. The person having the greatest number of votes 
for President, shall be President, if such number be a 
majority of the Avhole number of the electors appointed. 

5th. If no person have a majority of the electors 
appointed, the election of President devolves on the 
House of Representatives. 

69. The Vice-President. 

70. ** He shall have power to grant reprieves and 
pardons for offenses against the United States, except 
in the cases of impeachment." 

71. An Ambassador is an officer employed by gov- 
ernment to represent, and to manage its interests, at 
the seat of government of some other government. 
A Minister has the same duties as an Ambassador, but 
is regarded as inferior in rank. A Consul is an officer 
whose duty it is to protect the rights, commerce, mer- 
chants and seamen of his government in the country 
to which he may be appointed, and to aid any com- 
mercial transactions between his own and such foreign 
country. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERN3IENT. 257 

72. Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, 
Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary 
of the Interior, Postmaster-General, and Attorney- 
General. 

73. 1. John Tyler succeeded William Henry Harri- 
son, who died April 4, 1841. 2. Millard Fillmore 
succeeded Zachary Taylor, who died July 9, 1850. 3. 
Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln, who 
was assassinated April 15, 1865. 4. Chester A. Arthur 
succeeded James A. Garfield, who died September 19, 
1881. 

74. This provision seems to be designed as a com- 
pliment to the Senate on account of the position the 
Constitution provides for the Vice-President in the 
Senate. 

75. The Speaker of the House has the appointment 
of standing committees ; but since the President of the 
Senate is not a member of that bod}^, he has no such 
privilege unless granted by the Senate. 

76. The supreme court of the United States is es- 
tablished by the Constitution and organized by Con- 
gress. The judges of the Supreme Court are one Chief 
Justice and eight associate justices. 

77. He may petition the Legislature for redress, un- 
less courts of claims are established for such purposes, 
in which case he may present his claim by petition or 
otherwise. 

78. The Patent Office, Census Office, Land Office, 
Bureaus of Mines, Indian Affairs, Pensions, Educa- 
tion. 



258 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

79. In the case of election of representatives in 
some States, each qualified voter may cast as many 
votes for one candidate as there are representatives to 
be elected, or may distribute the same, or equal parts 
thereof, among the candidates, as he shall see fit. 

80. In Connecticut and Massachusetts those who are 
unable to read an article in the Constitution are ex- 
cluded from voting. Seven States exclude paupers 
from suffrage. Georgia, Nevada, Massachusetts and 
New Hampshire make the payment of taxes a requisite 
for voting, except in certain cases. 



QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

1. State resemblances and differences between 
plants and animals. 

2. What is meant by the flora of a country? 

3. Explain the application of the terms species and 
genus. 

4. {a) How are plants designated as to their term 
of life? (6) Define and give examples of the terms 
you employ. 

6. Distinguish between deciduoiis and evergreen 
trees, and give two illustrations of each. 

6. (a) Define germination. (5) What does it re- 
quire ? 

7. Name and define the parts of the embryo. 

8. Upon what characteristic of the early growing 
plant is founded the most important subdivision of 
flowering plants? 

O. Define and apply correctly the terms endogens 
and exogeyis, 

lO. What distinction is observed between the leaves 
of endogenous and exogenous plants? 

259 



260 QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

11. Give a diagram-outline of the vegetable sub- 
kingdoms known as Phaenogamia and Cryptogamia» 

12. Name and locate the parts of a flower. 

13. Define the i^rms, perianth, androecium, gynoe- 
cium. 

14. Enumerate the attributes possessed by a typical 
flower. 

15. Explain the terms used in distinguishing the 
typical flower. 

16. How are leaves of the calyx and corolla desig- 
nated ? 

17. When is a flower said to be {a) perfect? (h) 
complete? (c) apetalousf (d) staminate? (e) pistil- 
late? 

18. What are glumes and pales? 

19. What is pollen? Where found? 

20. Define the term pericarp, and state which form 
is dehiscent and which indehiscent, 

21. Give examples of the following : Drupe, Tryma^ 
Pome, Hesperidium, Samara. 

22. What are the offices of the root? 

23. Name some of the principal forms of roots. 

24. State the difference between epiphytes and^ara- 
sites. 

25. What terms are applied to those branches tend- 
ing to produce adventitious roots ? 

26. Define the terms caulis, culm, trunk, 

27. What peculiarity is observed with respect to the 
twining of different vines ? 



QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 2G1 

28. What distinction can . you name between the 
rhizome and the creeper? 

29. Is the tuber a root? State your reason. 

30. What is a bulb ? Name its most common forms. 

31. How does a flower-bud differ from a leaf- 
bud? 

32. What various positions upon the plant may the 
leaf-bud occupy? 

33. Define vernation, and enumerate the various 
forms of bud foldinor. 

34. What are the common forms of leaf arrangement 
on the axis ? 

35. Name the parts of a complete net-veined leaf. 

36. How do leaves contribute to the nourishment of 
plants ? 

37. What is the characteristic venation of the three 
grand divisions of the vegetable kingdom ? 

38. Name and define ten of the most common forms 
of leaf -outlines. 

39. What are the divisions of a compound leaf 
called ? To what are they usually attached ? 

40. Give the terms used to describe the margin of 
leaves. 

41. What terms are employed in describing the sur- 
face of leaves ? 

42. What is a tendril and its use? 

43. What do you mean by the term metamorphosis, 
as applied to flowers ? 

44. (a) Define inflorescence, (b) Name the two 
forms. 



262 QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

46. What is the peduncle ? Pedicel? 

46. Name the principal varieties of axillary inflores- 
cence. 

47. Describe the following : umbel, spadix, panicle, 
catkin, raceme. 

48. Name the parts of the anther. 

49. Define and give an example of multiple fruits. 

50. How are plants nourished, clothed, pro- 
tected? 

51. (a) What are cryptogams? (6) Give illustra- 
tions, (c) Where do they grow? (d) What useful 
purpose do they serve ? 

52. What is the elementary organism of the plant? 

53. Name the different forms of cells ? 

54. What chemical elements compose the outer and 
secondary cell walls ? 

55. Name the contents of the vegetable cell? 

56. What is chlorophyll? 

57. (a) Of what does the growth of plants consist? 
(b) Explain the process by which this is accom- 
plished. 

58. What different forms of tissue are formed of 
cells? 

59. Describe the tissues found in vegetation. 

60. (a) What are the breathing-pores of plants? 
(b) How are these affected by moist and dry 
weather ? 

61. (a) What is the construction of vegetable 
glands? (5) What is their use? 



QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 263 

62. Into what four classes is the vegetable kingdom, 
according to modes of growth, divided? 

63. Name and locate the structural parts of Exogcns. 

64. What and where is the cambium layer? 

65. State the characteristic structure of endogenous 
plants. 

66. Upon what peculiarity of growth is based the 
distinction of Exoo^ens and Endoo^ens ? 

67. Describe the mode of o;rowth in Acroo-ens. 

68. Name some of the lowest forms of vegetation, 
and state to what class they belong. 

69. Show wherein animal life is dependent upon the 
vegetable kingdom. 

70. Of what does the substance of plants mainly con- 
sist, and how and whence is this derived? 

71. Name the vital phenomena upon which the life of 
a plant depends ? 

72. In what respect are some plants and insects 
mutually dependent ? 

73. How are generic and specific terms in Botany 
distinguished? 

74. Upon what principle is the absorption of fluids 
in a direction contrary to gravitation ? 

75. What fact proves the importance of a rotation of 
crops in agriculture? 

76. Describe the upward and downward flow of the 
sap and its use in the plant economy. 

77. In what respect are plants and animals mutually 
dependent? 



2G4 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

78. Explain the principles upon which the ** natural 
system" of plant classification is based. 

79. Contrast the characteristic differences between 
Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. 

80. Name fruits belono^inor to the f ollowinor orders : 
Kosaceoe, Saxifragaceoe, Ebenacete, Urticacege, Crassul- 
aceae. 

81. To what natural orders do the sunflower, pea, 
lettuce, parsley, and sweet potato belong? 

82. What is the fruit of the strawberry plant? 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

1. Plants, like animals, are organized bodies com- 
posed of distinct parts, endowed with vitality but 
without sensation. Like animals, the presence of 
every organ is essential to completeness in plants, but 
the power of volition and perception of animals is 
absent in plants. 

2. The flora of a country is the system of vegetable 
species native in a given region or locality. 

3. The term species embraces such individual plants 
as may have originated from a common stock, bearing 
essential resemblances to each other as well as to their 
common parent. A genus is an assemblage of species 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 265 

closely related to each other in the structure of their 
flowers and fruit. 

4. (a) Annual, biennial, and perennial, (b) An 
annual plant continues but one season; as, oats, corn; 
a biennial germinates and bears leaves only the first 
season, and blossoms, bears fruit and dies the second; 
as, cabbage, turnip, parsnip; a perennial continues 
many years; as, trees and shrubs. 

5. Deciduous trees lose their foliage in autumn; as, 
oak, hickory; evergreens retain their leaves and 
verdure throughout the season; as, pines, mag- 
nolias. 

6. (a; Germination is the awakening and develop- 
ment of the embryonic plant within the seed, (b^ It 
requires warmth, moisture, air, and shade. 

7. The embryo consists of the radicle, the descend- 
ing part, forming the root; the plumule, a stem bud, 
which forms the ascending axis of the plant ; and the 
cotyledons, the seed lobes, destined to become the first 
leaves of the plant, shown in the two thick leaves of 
the bean as it emerges from the ground. 

8. The number of cotyledons; as, monocotyledons 
and dicotyledons. 

9. Endogens are plants which grow by internal 
accretions ; as, wheat, grass ; exogens are those whose 
stems grow by external accretions ; as forest trees. 

10. Endogenous plants have, in most cases, parallel 
veined leaves, while leaves of exogenous plants are 
net veined. 



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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 267 

12. The floral envelopes and the essential floral or- 
gans. The floral envelopes consist of one or more 
circles of leaves surrounding the essential organs. 
The outer circle is called the calyx ; the inner, if any be 
present, is called the corolla. Within the envelopes 
are the stamens, small thread-like organs varying in 
number from one to one hundred. The pistils occupy 
the center of the flower. 

13. Perianth is used to designate both the calyx and 
corolla; the stamens are collectively called androecium; 
gynoecium is used for the entire collection of pistils. 

14. The typical flower should be complete, regular, 
symmetrical, alternating, and each organ distinct. 

15. The term co'mplete implies that the four sets of 
organs are arranged in as many concentric circles ; 
regular, that the organs of the same name are all simi- 
lar; symmetincal, i\\?it\t has the same number of or- 
gans in each circle; alternating, that the several 
organs in each set stand not opposite to, but alternat- 
ing with the organs of the adjacent set ; distinct, that 
all organs are free from each other. 

16. The leaves of the calyx are styled sepals, those 
of the corolla, petals. 

17. («) A flower x^perfect when it has both stamens 
and pistils. (5 ) It is complete when it has stamens, pis- 
tils, calyx, and corolla, (e) It is apetalous when the 
calyx is present without the corolla. (cZ) It is staminate 
when it has stamens without pistils, {e' It is pistil- 
late when it has pistils without stamens. 



268 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

18. Glumes and pales represent the floral envelopes 
of the grasses. 

19. Pollen is the fecundating yellow dust contained 
in the cells of anthers. 

20. The pericarp is the envelope inclosing the seed. 
The fleshy pericarp, as the berry, apple, cherry, etc., 
is indehiscent ; the dry pericarp, as the pea, mustard, 
etc., is dehiscent. 

21. Drupe, — cherry, peach; Tryma, — butternut, 
hickorynut ; Pome, — apple, haw ; Hesperidium, — 
orange, lemon ; Samara, — ash, maple. 

22. 1st. To support the plant in position. 2nd. To 
imbibe from the soil the food necessary to the growth 
of the plant. 

23. The principal axial forms are the ramous, fusi- 
form, napiform, and conical; the principal inaxial 
forms are fibrous, tubercular, coralline, nodulous, and 
moniliform. 

24. Epiphytes, sometimes called air-plants, are 
those whose roots are fixed upon other plants, while 
the epiphyte itself derives its nourishment wholly from 
the air. Parasites are those whose roots, penetrating 
to the cambium layer of other plants and trees, appro- 
priate the stolen juices to their own growth. 

25. Cions, suckers, stolons, off setts, slips, layers, 
cuttings, and runners. 

2C. Caulis is the term applied to the annual leaf- 
stems of herbaceous, plants. The culm is the stem of 
the grasses and the sedges. The term trunk is applied 
to the stems of trees. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 2C9 

27. The hop vine invariably winds with the sun, 
that is, from left to right; while others, as the morn- 
ing-glory, revolves in a contrary direction. 

28. The rhizome is a prostrate, fleshy, rooting stem, 
often marked with scars, as in bloodroot; while the 
creeper is more slender, much branched, many jointed, 
and sends out rootlets in every direction, binding the 
soil into turfs wherever it abounds. 

29. The tuber is not a root. It is the thickened 
portion of the subterranean stem and produces buds. 

30. The bulb is a thickened mass of scales with a 
small axis, the whole forming a bud. The most com- 
mon forms are tunicated, as the onion, and scaly, as 
in the lily. 

31. A leaf -bud contains the rudiments of a leafy 
stem or branch folded up in such a manner as to 
occupy as little space as possible ; the flower-bud con- 
tains the same elements transformed into the rudimen- 
tary organs of a flower. 

32. With regard to position, the leaf -bud may be 
terminal or axillary. In addition to these, buds may 
be accessory or adventitious. 

33. Vernation signifies the mode of arrangement 
and folding of the leaf or^fans within the bud. The 
following terms denote the leaf folding within the bud : 
reclined, conduplicate, plicate, circinate, convolute, 
involute, revolute. 

34. Alternate; ^.e., one above another on opposite 
sides. Scattered; e.e., irregularly spiral. Opposite; 



270 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

i.e., two against each other, at the same node. Reso- 
lute ; i.e., clustered regularly. 

35. Blade, petiole, stipules, margin, apex, base, 
midvein, veins, veinlets, veinulets. 

36. The leaves are the organs of respiration and 
digestion, without which the plant would soon die. 

37. The leaves of Exogens, or Dicotyledons, are 
net-veined; those of Endogens, or Monocotyledons, 
are parallel-veined; the leaves of Cryptograms are 
fork-veined, dividing and subdividing in a forked 
manner. 

38. Ovate, having the outline of an Qgg\ orbicular, 
circular; lanceolate, lance-shaped, tapering gradually 
toward the apex ; deltoid, like the Greek letter A ; el- 
liptical, formed like an ellipse; cordate, heart-shaped; 
auriculate, ear shaped lobes at base ; sagittate, arrow- 
shaped; cuneate, wedge-shaped; reniform, kidney- 
shaped. 

39. The divisions of a compound leaf are called 
leaflets, and are usually attached to the rachis. 

40. Dentate, toothed ; sei'rate, having teeth pointing 
forward; crenate, with rounded teeth; undulate, 

wavy-edged ; repend, indented like the margin of an 
umbrella; spinous, projecting veins; incised, cut; 
crispate, crisped. 

41. The leaf surface may be glabrous (smooth), 
scabrous {yon^), pubescent, covered with soft, short 
hair, villous, when the hairs are long and weak, seri- 
ciouSy when the hair is fine and silky, lanuginouSy 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 271 

wooly, iormentouSf matted like felt, ^occose, when soft 
and fleecy. 

42. A tendril is a thread-like appendage furnished 
to weak-stemmed plants as their means of support. 

43. The metamorphosis of a flower is the transfor- 
mation of the leaf to form the floAver. 

44. (a) Inflorescence is the arrangement of flow- 
ers on the stem. (5) The two forms are axillary, in 
which the flowers originate from axillary buds, and 
terminal, in which the flower buds are terminal. 

45. The peduncle is the flower stalk. Divisions of 
the peduncle are termed pedicels. 

46. The spike, spadix, catkin, raceme, corymb, 
umbel, panicle, tJiyrse, and head are the principal 
varieties of axillary inflorescence. 

47. An umbel consists of several pedicels of nearly 
the same length radiating from the same point ; a 
spadix is a thick, fleshy rachis, with flowers closely 
sessile or imbedded on it ; a panicle is a compound in- 
florescence formed by an irregular branching of the 
pedicels of the raceme, as in oats ; the catkin is a 
slender, pendent spike with scaly bracts, as in the oak 
and willow ; the raceme is a rachis bearing its flowers 
on distinct, simple pedicels. 

48. Filament, anther-lobe, connective, and valves. 

49. Multiple fruits are formed by the union of 
many separate flowers, as the pineapple, 

50. The first nourishment the plant requires is de- 
rived from the albumen contained within the seed ; 
afterward the sap, laden with the requisite food ele- 



272 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

merits, permeates every tissue, and deposits within 
each organ its appropriate food. The leaves and other 
parts of plants are covered with hairs, which, with the 
bark, serve as clothing. The sharp thorns, spikes and 
prickles, with which many plants are supplied, would 
seem to imply a provision for self-defense. 

51. («) Cryptogams are flowerless plants, (b) 
Mosses, ferns, lichens, seaweed, mushrooms, (c) They 
grow on rocks, sand, tree-trunks, cinders, etc. (d) 
They form the basis of all vegetable and animal life. 
By the decay of successive generations of these simple 
forms soil is formed and fertilized, and the growth of 
higher orders, as grains, grasses and trees, is rendered 
possible. 

52. The cell, a closed sac of membrane containing a 
fluid, by its multiplied aggregation, makes up the mass 
of all vegetation. 

53. Spiral, annular, porous, and reticulated, 

54. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. 

55. While some cells contain nothing but air and 
others solid matter, the greater number are filled with 
both fluids and solids. These are the cytohlast, a glob- 
ular atom, designed to form new cells, 2iXidi protoplasm ^ 
the nourishing semi-fluid. 

56. Chlorovhyll is the green coloring matter of 
leaves. 

57. (a) The growth of plants consists of the de- 
velopment of new cells. (6) The primordial utricle 
divides into two or more parts by new walls growing 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 273 

from its sides till they meet, and thus cells multiplying 
by millions, build up the fabric of the plant. 

68. Cellular tissue, termed parenchyma; fibrous 
tissue, or pleurenchyina ; vascular tissue, or trachen- 
chyma; laticiferous tissue, or cienchyma, 

69. Parenclnjma, the most common form of tissue, 
is composed of spheroidal cells. It is found in all 
young growths, — the pith, leaf, and stem; in the 
pulp of fruits, and in the soft parts of all plants. 

Pleurenchyma consists of elongaged cells cohering 
by their sides in such a way as to form continuous 
fibre, as in flax and hemp. 

Trachencyma is a tissue of vessels and tubes. These 
extend lengthwise and form rows of cells joined end to 
end, and fuse into one by the absorption of the con- 
tiguous walls. 

Cienchyma is a system of milk vessels, secreting 
the peculiar juice of the plant, as opium, gamboge, 
resin, etc. 

60. (a) Little chinks in the leaf-epidermis, termed 
stomata. (h) Each stoma is guarded by cells of such 
construction as to open in moist weather and close in dry. 

61. (a) Glands are cellular structures within the 
epidermis, or at the base of a hair, or at its summit. 
{h) Their use is to elaborate and contain the peculiar 
secretions of plants, such as oils, resins, honey, 
poisons, etc. 

62. Into Exogens, or outside-growers, JEJndogens, or 
inside-growers, Acrogens^ or point-growers, and Thai" 
ogensy or mass- growers. 

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274 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

63. 1st. The ^^77^, consisting of parenchyma, which 
occupies the central part of the stem. 2nd. The 
rneduUavT/ shesith, a thin, delicate tissue, composed of 
spiral vessels, which immediately surrounds the pith. 
3rd. The wood proper, which is arranged in concen- 
tric zones or layers about the central mass. This 
consists of two kinds — the sap-wood and heart-wood. 
4th. The bark, covering and protecting the wood. It 
consists of the three parts — the inner or white bark, 
the middle or green bark, and the outer or brown bark. 

64. The cambium layer is a muscilagi nous-sap solu- 
tion of the starchy deposits of the preceding year. It 
is between the wood and white bark, serving to loosen 
the latter, and thus render it easy to peel from the 
wood. 

65. The stem of an endogenous plant is composed 
of tissues similar to those of the exogenous stem, but 
there is no distinction of bark, wood, pith, or annual 
layers in the endogen. 

66. Upon the characteristic method of annual accre- 
tions ; — in the Exogens the yearly increments are 
added to the outside, while the addition of new mate- 
rial in the Endogens is to the interior. 

67. The stems of Acrogens advance beneath or 
above the ground, full formed, growing only at the 
end. 

68. Mildew, frog spittle, lichens, seaweeds , puff -balls 
and 7nushrooms, belonging to the Thallogens, or mass- 
growers, are among the lowest forms of the vegetable 
kingdom. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 275 

69. The process of vegetation consists in imbibing 
the crude matters of the earth and air, and elaborating 
into food the elements which animals require for their 
growth and sustenance. 

70. The substance of plants consists mainly of 
water derived from the moisture of the air and the 
soil, through the absorptive powers of the leaves and 
roots. 

71. Absorption, circulation, exhalation, assimila- 
tion, and secretion. 

72. The propagation and continuance of certain 
species of plants in a given locality require cross-fer- 
tilization. This is effected sometimes by insects, 
which, attracted by the brilliant tints and savory 
juices contained within the nectary, in return for 
the honey they extract, carry the fertilizing pol- 
len from the anther to distant plants of the same 
species. 

73. Generic names are nouns, and should always 
begin with capitals. Specific names are generally 
adjectives, and should not begin with capitals except 
when derived from the name of a country or person, 
or when the term may be a noun. 

74. It is due to the physical principles of capillary 
attraction and endosmose. 

75. If wheat, buckwheat, peas, and cabbage be 
grown upon the same land, it will be observed that the 
wheat will select the silica^ the buckwheat, the mag^ 
nesia, the pea, the Ihne^ and the cabbage the potash , 
each for its peculiar want. 



276 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON BOTANY. 

76. Starting from the roots as crude sap, in the 
form of colorless water, charged with minute quanti- 
ties of gases and mineral salts, it passes upward dis- 
solving the dextrine and sugar of the cells and gaining 
in density, till it reaches the leaves, where it parts with 
a large portion of the water by exhalation, and receives 
carbon in return. After undergoing important chem- 
ical changes, under the action of the air and light, it 
becomes rich in nutritive material and returns upon 
its downward course through the barky tissues, dis- 
tributing to every organ its due proportion of appro- 
priate food. 

77. The carbonic acid exhaled by animals if left to 
accumulate would in time destroy all animal life upon 
the globe. The necessities of the plant demand this 
gas, and in the very process of its appropriation the 
life-giving oxygen, so essential to animal existence, is 
returned by the plant to the atmosphere. 

78. The natural system is based upon the natural 
aflSnities and resemblances of plants by which nature 
has distinguished them into groups and families. 

79. Dicotyledons grow by new layers external to 
the wood, but inside of the bark ; their leaves are net- 
veined, flowers rarely three-parted, seeds with two or 
more cotyledons, and with an axial root extending 
downward from the radicle. Monocotyledons grow 
by scattered, internal wood bundles; their leaves are 
parallel veined, flowers generally three-parted, seeds 
with one cotyledon, while the radicle never produces 
an axial root. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIOXS ON BOTANY. 277 

80. Kosacese: cherry, apricot, plum, almond, peach. 
Saxif ragacese : pear, apple. Ebenacese, persimmon. 
Urticaceae : fig, osage orange, mulberry. Crassula- 
ceae: currant, gooseberry. 

81. The sunflower belongs to the order of Compos- 
itse; the pea, to the Leguminosae; lettuce, to the 
Compositae ; parsley, to the Umbelliferae ; the sweet 
potato to the Convolvulaceas. 

82. It consists of the entire inflorescence developed 
into a mass of united pericarps. 



QUESTIOIS^S ON PHYSIOL.OGY. 

1. Define the terms Anatomy, Physiology, and Hy- 
giene. 

2. Name the primary animal tissues. 

3. (a) What are membranes? (b) State their uses. 

4. Name the principal membranes of the body. 

5. What is the number and names of the ultimate 
elements composing the human body ? 

6. Describe the bones and state their uses. 

7. What is the composition of bone at different 
periods of life? 

8. How many bones in the human body? 

9. Draw an outline showing the relative position 
of the different bones in the human skeleton. 

10. (a) Name and illustrate the different kinds of 
movable joints. (5) State how their movements are 
facilitated. 

11. (a) With what are the bones covered? (b) 
What is the purpose of this covering? (c) What 
peculiar disease originates beneath this covering? 

12. What is the use of the synovia? 

278 



QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 279 

13. What mechanical and botanical principle is 
illustrated in the long bones? 

14. State the process by which nature repairs a 
broken bone. 

15. (a) What are sprains ? (5) What care do they 
require ? 

16. (a) Name the characteristic property and law 
of muscles, (b) What diversity of form is observed 
in the adaptation of the muscles to their various posi- 
tion and uses ? 

17. What is the o^eneral arranojement of muscles 
with respect to each other ? 

18. Into what two classes, with respect to action, 
are the muscles divided? Illustrate each class. 

19. (a) How many muscles in the human body? 
(b) How are the muscles of the limbs distinguished 
as to their use ? 

20. Name two important muscles in each of the 
following regions: head, front part of trunk, back 
part of trunk, upper limbs, lower limbs. 

21. Name some of the uses which muscles serve in 
the animal economy. 

22. (a) Of what are tendons composed? (b) 
State their use. 

23. Show how the bones are used as levers of the 
1st, 2nd, and 3rd classes. 

24. State the effect upon the muscles of (a) use 
(6) disuse, (c) misuse. 

25. Why should one abstain from severe exercise 
immediately before and after eating? 



280 QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

26. State the proper method and necessary extent 
of educating muscles. 

27. How does the character of a child's early mus- 
cular training determine his habits of action in later 
life? 

28. What organs constitute the nutritive apparatus? 

29. Name the digestive organs. 

30. What preparatory changes does food undergo 
before it becomes nourishment for the body? 

31. Name, locate, and state the use of the salivary 
glands. 

32. Name and locate the fluids involved in the pro- 
cess of digestion. 

33. Trace a particle of food from the mouth until it 
reaches the blood. 

34. What is the principal use of the saliva? 

35. State the conditions upon which the health of 
the digestive organs depend. 

36. Under what circumstances is digestion most 
perfect ? 

37. What does the term absorption comprehend? 

38. Name the absorbents. 

39. What are the principal secretions and excretions 
of the human body ? 

40. What is the length of time required for diges- 
tion? 

41. State the object of cooking food, and how this 
is secured. 

42. Mention the evils arising from rapid eating. 

43. Name the organs of circulation. 



QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 281 

44. Describe the heart. 

45. Why is there sometimes said to be two hearts? 

46. Describe the circulation of blood, distinguish- 
ing between pulmonary and systemic circulation. 

47. How does the blood differ in color in different 
parts of its circulation? State the cause. 

48. What time is required for the complete circula- 
tion of the blood through the system ? 

49. How is a backward flow of blood prevented? 

60. What is the normal temperature of the body? 

61. Which end of a ruptured artery should be tied? 
Why? 

62. Define coagulation, and state its use. 

63. State the use of circulation of the blood. 

64. Name the three classes of organic substances 
used for food. 

65. How do you account for the arteries being 
deep-seated, while the veins are generally superficial? 

66. How and through what organ is the oxygen ad- 
mitted to the blood? 

67. State the functions of the lymphatics; of the 
jacteals. 

58. How can you distinguish in external hem- 
orrhage, whether the blood comes from an artery or a 
vein ? 

59. Name the animal and vegetative functions of the 
body. 

60. What three evils result from tight lacing? 

61. Name the respiratory and vocal organs. 



282 QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

62. State the immediate and ultimate object of 
respiration. 

63. How does the amount of air inhaled compare 
with the quantity exhaled ? 

64. In Avhat way may the variety of tones of differ- 
ent voices be accounted for ? 

65. Upon what does the strength of the voice de- 
pend ? 

66. Are the lungs filled and emptied completely by 
respiration? What is the importance of this provis- 
ion? 

67. What diseases are apt to attack the respiratory 
organs? How can these be provided against in the 
school room ? 

68. What anatomical changes cause the change in a 
boy's voice at puberty? 

69. What three natural remedies for consumption 
are suggested by physiology and hygiene ? 

70. Explain the origin and progress of a cold. 

71. What is congestion ? How indicated ? 

72. State the conditions upon which pure blood is 
dependent. 

73. What physical evils result from impure blood? 

74. What is the usual number of respirations per 
minute ? How can the frequency be diminished ? 

75. Into what two secondary systems may the ner- 
vous system be divided ? 

76. (a) Describe the two kinds of matter which 
compose the nervous system, (b) State their func- 
tions. 



QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 283 

77. Give a brief description of the human brain. 

78. What is the spinal cord? What means of pro- 
tection suggest its importance? 

79. Where is the seat of pain? Illustrate. 

80. Name in order the effects of alcohol on the ner- 
vous system. 

81. Why, in apoplexy, when the right side of the 
body becomes paralyzed, is the left side of the face 
usually affected ? 

82. Give examples of associated sensations in which 
nerves are excited by sight, hearing, and smell. 

83. What are the functions of the cerebrum and the 
cerebellum respectively ? 

84. Name the nerves of special sense and state in 
what they differ from other nerves. 

85. Name habits which particularly impair the ner- 
vous system. 

86. What conditions are essential to the highest 
mental development and vigor? 

87. (a) What is meant by *« reflex action of the 
spinalcord? '* (5) Give examples, (c) State itsuse. 

88. Describe the globe of the eye and name its parts. 

89. How do we chancre the vision in lookino^ from 
near objects to distant ones in the same direction? 

90. (a) What four classes of substances excite the 
sense of taste? (b) Locate the sense of taste. 

91. Where is the sense of touch most delicate? 
How may this be shown ? 

92. What purpose does the skin serve? 

93. State the office of perspiration. 



284 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

94. What deleterious efrects result from having the 
air too dry in occupied rooms ? 

95. State briefly some important directions regard- 
ing the manner of dressing most conducive to health. 

96. What effect does the loss of sleer) have upon 
the body and the mind ? 

97. Show in what manner bathing is beneficial? 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

1. Anatomy is the description of the form and posi- 
tion of the organs of animal bodies. Physiology is 
the description of the uses of these organs. Hygiene 
treats of the preservation of health. 

2. The primary tissues are the fibrous, areolar, car- 
tilaginous, which collectively form the connective tis- 
sues, and the adipose, sclerous, muscular, tubular, and 
nervous tissues. 

3. (a) Membranes are thin, extended, soft, trans- 
parent tissues, formed by fibers interwoven like net- 
work, (b) They serve to cover some part of the 
body, or to absorb or secrete certain fluids. 

4. The principal membranes are the basement, ser- 
ous, synovial, and mucous membranes. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 285 

5. There are fourteen ultimate elements, viz. : oxy- 
gen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, potassium, 
sodium, chlorine, phosphorous, sulphur, silicon, iron, 
magnesium, and fluorine. 

6. The bones are firm and hard, combinins: strensth 
and lightness. They serve as a framework or skeleton 
for preserving the shape of the body and for the pro- 
tection of its most delicate organs, and for the attach- 
ment of muscles. 

7. The bones consist of animal and mineral matter. 
In early life the animal matter predominates ; at ma- 
turity the proportion is about one part of animal to 
two parts of mineral matter ; while, as age advances, 
the quantity of mineral matter greatly exceeds that of 
animal substance. 

8. The number of bones varies at different periods 
of life. In childhood the number is greater than in 
after life, many bones consisting of two parts growing 
together, forming but one bone in the adult. The 
number usually given, exclusive of the teeth, is 208. 



286 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 



0. 



The Head. - 



The Cranium. 



The Free. 



The Ears. 



'Frontal bone. 
Two Parietal bones. 
Two Temporal bones. 
Sphenoid bone. 
Ethmoid bone. 
Occipital bone. 

'Two Superior Maxillary bones. 
Inferior Maxillary bone. 
Two Malar bones. 
Two Lachrymal bones. 
Two Turbinated bones. 
Two Nasal bones. 
Vomer. 
Two Palate bones. 

(Hammer. 
Anvil. 
Stirrup. 



The Trunk. 



The Spinal f ?^7^?l^?l^^^^- 
Column 1 Dorsal Vertebra, 
column. (Lumbar Vertebra. 



The Ribs. 



f True Ribs. 

1 False Ribs. 
The Sternum. 
The Os Hyoides. 

{Two Innominata. 
Sacrum. 
Coccyx. 



The Limbs. ■ 



The Upper 
Limbs. 



The Lower 
Limbs. 



The Shoulder / C'lavicle (2). 
ine anouiaer. | g^apuia (2). 



The Arm. 



The Hand. 



The Lee. 



The Foot. 



f8( 



Humerus 
Radius and Ulna. 
Carpal bones. 
Metacarpal bones 
Phalanges. 
Femur. 
Patella. 

Tibia and Febula. 
'7 Tarsal bones. 
6 Metatarsal bones 
14 Phalanges. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 287 

10. (a) Movable joints are of three kinds — the 
Planiform^ the Hinge, and the Ball and /SocA^e^ joints. 
The Planiform joint is found where gliding movements 
are required, as in the carpus and metacarpus; the 
hinge joint, where there is motion in two directions only, 
backward and forward, as in the knee and the elbow; 
the ball and socket joint, where there is free movement 
in all directions, as in the hip and shoulder joints, (h) 
They are provided with cartilage where the surfaces are 
in contact, and supplied with synovial membrane and 
connectinof licraments. 

11. (a) The bones are covered, as with a sac, by a 
dense, white, fibrous membrane c^XXed periosteum . (h) 
It serves to transmit blood-vessels into the bone, thus 
furnishing nutriment, and gives insertion to muscles, 
tendons, and ligaments, (c) The disease called 
*' felon " commences in or beneath the periosteum. 

12. The use of the synovia is that of a lubricating 
fluid, enabling the surface of the bones to move more 
freely upon each other, preventing friction and conse- 
quent wear. 

13. The shafts of long bones are made hollow, giving 
not only lightness but strength, according to the prin- 
ciple of mechanics, that with a given amount of mate- 
rial, a hollow cylinder will sustain more weight than a 
solid one of the same dimensions. The culms of 
grasses illustrate the same principle. 

14. The blood which flows in consequence of the in- 
jury is gradually absorbed, and gives place to a watery 
fluid, which, thickening from day to day, acquires at 



288 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

the end of two weeks, the consistency of jelly. This 
begins to harden by a deposit of new bone-substance, 
until in five or six weeks, the broken bone is united. 

15. (a) Sprains are caused by a twisting, straining, 
or tearino: of the connectino; liofaments of bones from 
their attachments, (b) As a sprain may be as serious 
as a broken bone, care should be exercised, lest the 
use of the limb before the ligament is restored to its 
place may impair its usefulness. 

16. (a) The characteristic property of muscles is 
contractility, and the law is that they shall contract 
toward the center, (b) The general forms or shapes 
of muscles are spindle-shaped, radiate, penniform, bi- 
penniform, and orbicular, 

17; With the exception of twelve single muscles, they 
are all arranged in pairs, each having its antagonist ; 
so that as they contract and expand alternately, the 
bone to which they are attached is moved to and fro. 

18. Into voluntary, those which are under the con- 
trol of the will, as the muscles of the limbs, and invol^ 
untary, those which cannot be controlled by the will, 
as the muscles of the heart. 

19. (a) The number exceeds five hundred. (6) In 
regard to their use the limb muscles may be distin- 
guished as flexors, those used to bend the limbs, 
and extensors, those which are used to extend the 
limbs. 

20. Head and neck: oral, orbitular and masseter; 
front part of trunk : the external oblique and the 
straight abdominal; back part of trunk; the trapezius 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 289 

and the superior serrated muscles; the upper limbs: 
the biceps and the radio-carpal extensor; the lower 
limbs : the gluteal and sartorius, 

21. They give form and symmetry to the body, en- 
close the cavities, and form a firm, defensive, but 
yielding wall in the trunk, cover and move the 
limbs, and give to some of the joints their principal 
protection. By means of muscular action, the heart 
beats, the blood circulates, and respiration is carried on. 

22. (a) Tendons are composed of the inelastic, 
white-fibrous tissue, and possess great strength. 
(5) They serve to convey the contractile power of 
muscles to the bones, and connect the muscles with 
the bones. 

23. The movements of the head illustrate a lever of 
the first class : the back or front is the weight, the 
backbone is the fulcrum, and the muscles at the back 
or front of the neck are the powers by which we toss 
or bow the head. 

Raising the body on tiptoe illustrates a lever of the 
second class: the toes resting on the ground is the 
fulcrum, the weight of the body is the weight, and 
the muscles of the calf, the power. 

Raising the lower jaw illustrates a lever of the third 
class. Another familiar example is the elbow, in which 
the fulcrum is at the joint, the weight is the forearm 
and hand, and the power is in the biceps and brachial 
muscles. 

24. (a) By judicious use muscle grows larger, 
and becomes hard, compact, and darker-colored. 

19 



290 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

(b) By disuse, it decreases in size, and becomes soft, 
flabby and pale, (c) By misuse, the muscle is often 
strained and blood vessels burst in our efforts to per- 
form feats beyond our muscular power. 

25. Because the vigor of the system is needed 
for the digestive functions. Nature can sustain in 
vigorous activity but one function at a time. 

26. The training of muscles to the performance of 
any exercise in which the highest excellence is desired 
should be begun in early life, and continued regularly 
and systematically till every muscle and every fiber is 
under the control of the will. 

'27. An individual's speech, writing, singing, atti- 
tudes, walking, and actions are all determined by his 
first movements in these exercises. If exactness is not 
required in the beginning, and continued during the 
formative period of habit, awkwardness and impropri- 
ety must always characterize the exercises and move- 
ments of the individual through life. 

28. The nutritive apparatus includes the digestive, 
the absorptive, the circulatory, the assimilatoiy , siud the 
respiratory organs. 

29. The digestive organs are the mouth, teeth, sali" 
vary glands, palate, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, in- 
testines, liver, pancreas, and spleen. 

30. 1st. Digestion, by which the food is reduced to 
a soluble condition. 2nd. Absorption, by which, when 
digested, it is imbibed into the blood. 3rd. Circula- 
tion, which carries the enriched blood to the various 
parts of the system. 4th. Assimilation, by which 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 291 

each tissue derives from the blood the materials nec- 
essary for its support. 

31. The salivary glands consist of three glands on 
each side of the mouth. The parotid gland is situated 
in front of the external ear and behind the angle of 
the lower jaw. The submaxillary gland is situated 
within the angle of the lower jaw. The sublingual 
gland is situated on the floor of the mouth, beneath 
the side of the tongue. They all secrete a liquid 
called saliva. 

32. 1st. The saliva in the mouth ; 2nd. The gastric 
juice, in the stomach; 3rd. The bile, in the small in- 
testines. 4th. The pancreatic juice, in the small in- 
testines. 5th. The intestinal juice, in the small 
intestines. 

33^ From the mouth, where the food is chewed and 
insalivated, it passes through the pharynx and oesopha- 
gus at the cardiac orifice into the stomach. Here it 
undergoes a churning process until every particle is 
subjected to the action of the gastric juice, which di- 
gests the albuminoid substances in it, and changes 
them to albuminose. The work of the stomach being 
completed, the food passes through the pyloric orifice 
into the small intestines, where it is subjected to the 
pancreatic fluid, the bile and the intestinal juice, which 
digest the starch and fat, changing the starch into 
sugar and the fat into chyle. Here the digested mass, 
called collectively the ch34e, is absorbed by the lacteals 
and blood vessels and taken into the general circula- 
tion. 



292 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

34. It moistens the food and thus facilitates diges- 
tion. 

35. 1st. The quantity of food ; this should simply 
equal the waste of the system. 2nd. The quality of 
food, which should be nutritive and digestible. 3rd. 
manner of takinoc food. Food should be neither too 
hot nor too cold ; it should be sufficiently masticated 
and taken at regular intervals. 4th. The system 
should be mentally and physically conditioned to re- 
ceive food. 

36. When the action of the cutaneous vessels is 
energetic, the mind free from absorbing thought, ex- 
citement or depression, the blood well purified, and the 
muscular system duly exercised. 

37. Absorption is the general term for that process 
by which all soluble substances, external to the animal 
body, are introduced into the tissues of the body. 
It includes also the process by which portions of the 
living tissues are themselves removed, or absorbed 
within the body. 

38. The absorbents are the lymphatic vessels of the 
small intestines, termed lacteals, lymphatic glands, 
vessels, and ducts, and the thoracic duct. 

39. Mucus, sebaceous matter, perspiration, tears, 
serous fluid, saliva, gastric juice, pancreatic juice, in- 
testinal juice, and bile. 

40. From two to four hours, according to the nature 
of food, state of the system and perfection of mastica- 
tion. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 293 

41. The object of cooking food is to render it more 
palatable and easily digested. Cooking breaks the 
cells and softens the fibers of which the food is com- 
posed. 

42. 1st. The food is swallowed without sufficient 
saliva. 2nd. The particles of food are so large as to 
hinder the action of the gastric juice, which is often 
weakened by the use of drinks poured down with the 
food. 3rd. We do not realize the quantity eaten until 
the stomach is overloaded. 4th. Failino; to gfet the taste 
of our food we think it insipid, and resort to condi- 
ments which over stimulate the digestive organs. 

43. The heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins. 

44. The heart is the hollow muscle enclosed m a 
sac, termed pericardium. It is situated between the 
lungs. It is conical in shape, the apex pointing down- 
ward, forward, and to the left. Its only attachments 
are the large blood-vessels by which it is joined to 
the vertebral column. 

45. On account of the division of the heart by a 
muscular septum into two parts — the right and left. 
Each of these contains two apartments, termed auricles 
and ventricles, the ventricles being next the apex. 
The two sides have no communication, each perform- 
ing a separate function. The right is sometimes 
termed the pulmonic heart, the left, the systemic heart. 

46. In pulmonic circulation the right auricle after 
receiving the blood from two large veins, contracts 
and sends it into the right ventricle. This in turn con- 
tracts and sends it through the pulmonary artery to the 



294 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

lungs, where it is purified and becomes a bright arterial 
blood. Here the systemic circulation begins by the 
entrance of the blood into the left auricle, which, con- 
tracting, sends it to the left ventricle, from which it is 
transmitted through the aorta to all parts of the system, 
from which it returns through the capillaries and veins 
to the right auricle to repeat its course as before. 

47. As the blood visits the different organs it both 
gives out and gathers up materials. In the arterial 
circulation it is enriched with food, and scarlet with 
oxygen received in the lungs ; returning from the 
organs it has fed, it is impoverished in quality and 
purple in color. 

48. The entire mass is believed to make the circuit 
in from one to two minutes. 

49. A backward flow in the auricles if prevented by 
the contraction of muscular fibers about the mouths of 
the veins, and by valves in the veins. 

50. About 98° Fahrenheit. 

51. The end next to the heart, because the blood in 
arteries flows from the heart. 

52. Coagulation is a thickening or hardening of the 
blood. It is serviceable in stopping the flow of blood 
from a wounded vein. 

53. Circulation of the blood carries nutrition to all 
parts of the system, and also carries impurities to the 
lungs to be exhaled. 

54. Farinaceous, saccharine, and albuminous. 

55. An injury to the more important arteries would 
soon result in death, hence, they are deep-seated for 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 295 

protection. For the same reason the larger veins are 
deep-seated. 

56. By a process called endosmosis the oxygen of 
the air passes through the tissues of the lungs. 

67. The lymphatics gather up materials that may 
still be of benefit to the blood. The lacteals carry 
nutrition from the intestines to the thoracic duct. 

68. By observing the manner of the flow. The 
arteries throw out the blood by jets at each beat of the 
heart, while the veins bleed regularly. 

69. The animal functions are sensation and voli- 
tion. The vegetative functions, which are common to 
both animals and vegetables, are digestion, assimila- 
tion, absorption, secretion, excretion, growth, respira- 
tion, and generation. 

60. 1st. It disturbs the circulation. 2nd. It re- 
stricts the action of the stomach and impairs digestion. 
3rd. It prevents proper and sufficient respiration. 

61. The respiratory and vocal organs are the larynx, 
the trachea, the bronchi, and the lungs. 

62. The immediate object of respiration is the puri- 
fication of the blood ; the ultimate object is the produc- 
tion of heat, motion and nervous energy. 

63. The volume of air inhaled in an ordinary in- 
spiration is about one pint, the quantity expelled, a 
little less than one pint. 

64. The tones of different voices are modified by the 
shape and size of the vocal apparatus. A large larynx 
usually gives a deep-toned voice, a smaller one, a thin- 
toned or high-pitched voice. 



296 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGr. 

65. Upon the capacity of the chest, the develop- 
ment of the muscles used in vocalization, and the ex- 
tent of vibration of the vocal cords. 

66. No. If they were completely emptied the air 
cells would collapse, and the blood then in the lungs 
would not be purified! 

67. Consumption, bronchitis, pneumonia, lung fever, 
asthma, etc. By having the room ventilated and 
warmed, and teaching the children to sit, stand, and 
walk erect, and breathe deeply and vigorously. 

68. The larynx grows larger, and the vocal cords 
longer and coarser, thus deepening the tones and low- 
ering the pitch. 

69. Plenty of pure air properly breathed, sunlight, 
and frequent bodily exercise. 

70. A cold frequently arises from a change in cloth- 
ing, putting on a thinner garment, or sitting in a cool 
place, or a draft when heated. The skin becomes 
chilled and the perspiration checked. The pores are 
closed and the blood is driven to the lungs for purifi- 
cation. Oppression of the lungs ensues, breathing 
becomes difficult and the extra mucus is thrown 
off by coughing. From this condition fever, head- 
ache, pneumonia, or pleurisy is developed 

71. Congestion is an excessive accumulation of 
blood in any part of the body. It is indicated by an 
unusual redness in the parts affected. 

72. Pure blood is obtained only by a healthy action 
of the respiratory organs, which in turn depends upon 
a constant and sufficient supply of pure air. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 297 

73. The carbonic acid is retained in the blood ; the 
brain works skiggishly; the muscles become inac- 
tive ; the heart acts imperfectly ; the secretions are 
deteriorated; the food is not properly assimilated; 
and the whole body becomes weak. 

74. About eighteen per minute. By training and 
habit the number may be much diminished. 

75. The cerebrospinal system, consisting of the 
brain, the spinal cord, and the nerves given off by 
them to all parts of the body, and the sympathetic 
system^ composed of nerves and ganglia, mainly dis- 
tributed to the viscera of the body. 

76. (a) The nervous system is composed of two 
kinds of matter, — the gray and the white. The gray 
consists of small, ashen-colored cells, forming a pulp- 
like substance; the white is composed of glistening, 
white fibers, averaging about -^-i-^-^oi an inch in diam- 
eter. (6) The gray cells act as generators of nervous 
force, while the white fibers serve as conductors of this 
nervous force, having a velocity of about 100 feet per 
second. 

77. The brain, the seat of the mind, is the great 
volume of nervous tissue lodged within the skull ; it 
consists of two parts : — the cerebrum y or brain proper, 
and the cerebellum, or *« little brain." The cerebrum 
lies in the front and upper part of the skull, the cere- 
bellum, in the lower and back part. The whole floats 
securely in a bed of liquid surrounded by three mem- 
branes, — the pia mater and the cZi^?'a mater and the 
arachnoid. 



298 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

78. The spinal cord, or '* marrow," is a cylindrical 
mass of soft nervous tissue, which occupies the tunnel 
fitted for it in the spinal column. It is composed of the 
same substances as the hrain ; but here the white mat- 
ter surrounds the gray, instead of being encompassed 
by it. The importance of the spinal cord is apparent 
from the extreme care taken to protect it from exter- 
nal injury. 

79. In the mind. If the " funny bone " behind the 
elbow receives a blow, the effect is at once sent to the 
brain, which refers the shock to the ends of the nerve 
in the third and fourth fingers, where the pain will 
seem to be. 

80. 1. Excitement. 2. Muscular weakness. 3. Men- 
tal weakness. 

81. The nerves cross from the brain to the opposite 
side of the body, while the facial nerves come from 
the side of the brain affected. 

82. Disagreeable odors and unpleasant sights pro- 
duce nausea ; the savory odor of cooking food and the 
peeling of a lemon make the mouth water ; while the 
rasping sound heard in filing a saw produces in some 
persons the utmost irritability. 

83. The cerebrum is the instrument through which 
the powers of memory, reason, and judgment mani- 
fest themselves. The cerebellum presides over the 
muscular movements of the body. 

84. The nerves of special sense are the auditory, 
optic, and olfactory nerves. They differ from other 
nerves in being neither sensitive nor motor, their 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 299 

office being simply to convey the sense of hearing, see- 
ing, and smelling. 

85. The opium habit, the use of alcohol, tobacco, 
and the excessive use of tea and coffee. 

86. Each faculty of mind should receive its due 
share of cultivation and exercise. 

87. (a) The reflex action of the spinal cord is the 
involuntary action of certain muscles independent of 
the agency of the will. An impression made on the 
surface of the skin, is conveyed to the cord, which 
reflects back the motor impulse to the muscles so as to 
excite them to action. (5) Examples are numerous: 
nearly every act of our daily routine is an illustra- 
tion — walking, eating, standing erect, (c) By the 
reflex action of the cord we are protected from a thou- 
sand perils. We involuntarily throw up our hands as 
a shield from danger, we instinctively wink to protect 
the eye, and upon seizing a heated substance, we in- 
stantly drop it before the command could come from 
the brain. 

88. The globe of the eye consists of three concen- 
tric layers — the sclerotica, vfith. the cornea in front; 
the choroidea, with the iris in front; and the i^etina, 
which is internal. These compose most of the solid 
part of the eyeball, which is a hollow sphere filled with 
three semi-fluid substances — the aqueous humor, the 
crystalline le?is, and the vitreous humor, 

89. The convexity of the lens is changed by means 
of ciliary muscles. The lens is made more convex for 
near objects and less convex for those more distant. 



300 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 

90. (a) The sour, as certain acids; the sweet, as 
sirup and sugar ; the hitter, as quinine ; and the salt, as 
common salt, (h) The margin and the tip of the 
tonojue. 

91. The sense of touch is most acute on the palmar 
surface of the fingers. If two needles one-twen- 
tieth of an inch apart are pressed against the end 
of the finger two impressions are felt. No where else 
on the body will this occur when the needles are so 
near together. 

92. The skin aids in keeping the tissues and organs 
in their places, and protects the delicate nerves, lym- 
phatics and blood vessels found beneath it. 

93. It regulates the temperature of the body. When 
exercise warms the body the perspiration is exuded 
upon the skin and its evaporation reduces the tempera- 
ture and keeps the system from being overheated. 

94. When the confined air is warm and dry it ab- 
sorbs too much of the moisture from the luno^s and 
skin, and produces a dry and feverish condition of the 
system. 

95. All garments should be as light as is consistent 
with the warmth and comfort of the wearer. Two or 
three thicknesses of flannel is warmer than double 
the weight of cotton or linen ; and in a climate subject 
to sudden and extreme changes, flannel is preferable 
at all seasons of the year. 

96. Continued loss of sleep produces debility of the 
nervous system, nervous excitability, disturbed breath- 
ing, palpitation of th^ heart, and dyspepsia; while 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHYSIOLOGY. 30 !• 

insanity, particularly in those engaged in absorbing 
mental labor, frequently follows as the final punish- 
ment for disregarding Nature's laws. 

97. The skin becomes covered with a mixture of oil, 
dust, etc., which if permitted to remain interferes 
with the excretory powers of the skin. In addition 
to removing this accumulation, water, if moderately 
cool, throws the blood back upon the internal organs, 
quickens the action of the heart and communicates the 
stimulus to the W|hole system ; reaction sets in, and a 
return of the blood to the surface invigorates the vital 
powei*s to an extent unknown by him who never in- 
dulged the luxury. 



QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

1. Explain the terms biology^ zoology, and natural 
history, 

2. How does the nutrition of plants differ from that 
of animals ? 

3. Give a comprehensive definition of animals, 

4. Name and define the three great physiological 
functions. 

6. Name some of the most celebrated naturalists 
who have devoted much attention to zoology. 

6. Show in what manner we are dependent upon the 
animal creation. 

7. How is mankind benefited by a knowledge of the 
habits of animals ? 

8. (a) What are fossils ? (h) In what way do they 
aid the geologist? 

9. How is paleontology dependent upon zoology? 

10. Name the systems of organs found in those 
animals exhibiting the highest order of structure. 

11. Define the terms absorption and exhalation. 

12. State what is meant by a cell in animal struc- 
ture. 

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QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 303 

13. Upon what is the study of zoology chiefly 
based? 

14. State the general plan of classification of the 
animal kingdom by naming the groups beginning with 
the highest division. 

15. According to modern naturalists, what princi- 
ples determine the classification of animals into classes, 
orders, families, etc. ? 

16. Upon what principle is all scientific classification 
of animals based? 

17. Name the six subkingdoms into which the ani- 
mal kingdom is commonly divided. 

18. What animals constitute the Vertebrates? 

19. Name the five classes composing the Vertebrata. 

20. How do the bones of vertebrates differ from 
shells of mollusks? 

21. In what respect do the teeth differ from bone? 

22. What are the characteristics of the Mammalia? 

23. Name the orders of the Mammalia, and after 
each give an example. 

24. In what consists the superiority of the frame of 
man over that of other animals ? 

25. Why are monkeys sometimes classed as 
Pedimana? 

26. State the anatomical distinctions between man 
and the monkey. 

27. Explain the meaning of complete and double 
circulation as applied to mammals. 

28. How can you prove that cartilage is the basis 
of all the bones ? 



304 QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

29. Write the dental formula of man. 

30. What is meant by *' facial angle? " How does 
man compare in facial angle with some of the lower 
orders ? 

31. Name the three families of the Quadrumana, 
and state which most resembles man. 

32. Can the Quadrumana be trained to be of any 
service to man ? Give your reasons. 

33. State to what families the following monkeys 
belong: Mandrill, Spider Monkey, Aye Aye, Gorilla, 
Chimpanzee. 

34. What are the prominent characteristics of the 
Carnivora ? 

35. Into what families are the Carnivora divided? 

36. Classify the Carnivora according to their means 
of locomotion, and give examples. 

37. How do the senses of the Carnivora compare 
with those of other animals ? Why this provision ? 

38. What is the typical family of the Carnivora? 
Why? 

39. Describe the digestion of the Euminantia. 

40. Name the more important families of the Un- 
gulata, distinguishing those which are artiodaclyl from 
those termed perissodactyl. 

41. Name ten animals termed ruminants. 

42. State resemblances and differences between the 
three species of the camelidae? 

43. What fossil animals are included in the Probos- 
cidea ? 



QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 305 

44. Describe and name the uses of the elephant's 
trunk. 

45. Name the families of the Cetacea, and state 
from which whalebone and sperm are obtained? 

46. To what order do bats belong? 

47. What peculiar habits distinguish the bats? 

48. Name some of the most important insectivora. 

49. Describe the dentition of the rodents. 

50. Classify the Rodentia according to families, and 
give at least one example of each. 

51. Which of the rodents is the most valuable to 
man? 

52. State two characteristics of the Edentata. 

53. What is the peculiar characteristic of the Mar- 
siipialia ? 

54. For what are the Mammalia of Australia re- 
markable ? 

55. What structural phenomena are exhibited in the 
Platypus? 

66. Name the orders of birds, with an example of 
each. 

57. State the modifications in the form of birds 
which adapt them for flight. 

58. How is the bird's plumage rendered water- 
proof ? 

59. How do the bones of birds differ from the 
bones of mammals? 

CO. Describe the respiration of birds. 

01. Explain the perching apparatus of birds. 

03. Describe the digestive apparatus of birds. 

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306 QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

63. (a) What temperature is required for the 
hatching of eggs? (b) How is the chick aided in es- 
caping from the shell ? 

64. Explain the terms, granivorous, carnivor^ous, 
gregarious, omnivorous, ruminants, 

65. Give the orders of reptiles with an example of 
each? 

66. How does the digestive apparatus of reptiles 
differ from that of mammals and birds? 

67. Describe the circulatory system of reptiles. 

68. What is the structural characteristic of the 
thoracic cavity of reptiles? 

69. Compare the special senses of reptiles with those 
of the higher orders. 

70. Name five extinct orders of the Reptilia. 

71. Compare the heart of a serpent with that of a 
fish. 

72. Explain how serpents are capable of swallowing 
animals larger than themselves. 

73. How is the poison of a venomous snake com- 
municated to the object bitten ? 

74. Where are alligators and crocodiles respectively 
found? 

75. Show the propriety of applying the term '' am- 
phibians " to the Batrachia, 

76. Name the orders of the Batrachia. 

77. In what way is the toad helpful to the gardener? 

78. Compare a fish with a land vertebrate in respect 
to respiration, locomotion, digestion. 

79. Name and locate the fins of a fish, and state 



QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 307 

which correspond to the anterior and posterior limbs 
of vertebrates. 

80. Into what four classes are fishes divided accord- 
ing to Agassiz? Give examples. 

81. What enables the flying fish to * ' fly ? " 

82. Name the subkingdoms which form the Inverte- 
brates. 

83. Name the classes of Articulata with examples. 

84. Give some of the most prominent structural 
characteristics of the Articulates. 

85 . How are insects distinguished from other Articu- 
lates ? 

86. How do insects breathe? 

87. Describe the sting of an insect, and state how it 
differs from an *• ovipositor." 

88. Trace a particle of food in the digestive organs 
of an insect by naming the organs through which it 
passes to the intestine. 

80. Describe the metamorphosis of insects. 

00. Name and define the seven orders of insects, and 
give two examples of each. 

01. Are young flies smaller than old flies? 

02. What orders belonoj to the Arachnida? 

03. Give the characteristics of the arachnids. 

04. Describe the Crustacea as a class. 

05. What remarkable restorative power over lost 
limbs is possessed by crustaceans ? 

06. Explain the molting of a crustacean. 

07. Name the orders of Crustacea according to the 
most general authority, and give examples of each. 



308 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

98. State the different methods by which worms 
multiply. 

99. How does the earth-worm benefit the soil? 

100. (a) Explain how the tape-worm is nourished. 
(b) How it grows, (c) How it is developed in the 
human system. 

101. How do Mollusks differ from the higher 
branches ? 

102. Describe the circulatory system of Mollusks. 

103. Name and briefly describe the commonly rec- 
ognized classes of MoUusca. 

104. What is the structure of the Eadiata? 

105. Describe the digestion of the Asteroids. 

106. What is the simplest form of animal which has 
been discovered? 

107. Classify the following animals by naming the 
Siibkmgdom, Class, Order, 2ir\d Family to which they 
severally belong: Orang-outang, Jaguar, Otter, Goat, 
Zebra, Mole, Armadillo, Swallow, River Tortoise, 
Frog, Salmon, Butterfly, Locust, Scorpion, Hair- 
snake, Slug, Oyster, Madrepore, Jelly-fish, Deer, 
Sperm Whale, Eat, Sparrow, Hawk, Quail, Pelican, 
Alligator, Katydid, Cuttle-fish, Sea Urchin. 



a:nswers to questions on zoology. 

1. Biology {hios, life; and logos, discourse) is the 
study of living objects of all kinds. It includes the 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 309 

sciences of Botany and Zoology. Zoology (zoon, ani- 
mal; and logos, discourse) treats of animals. The 
term Natural History, formerly applied to the study 
of all natural objects, is now limited to Zoology. 

2. Plants live upon purely dead or inorganic sub- 
stances, as water, carbonic acid, ammonia, converting 
these into organic substances ; as starch, cellulose, 
sugar, etc. Animals have no power of living on organic 
substances ; they require ready-made organic com- 
pounds, which plants furnish. 

3. Animals are living beings, nourished wholly by 
organic food, and which have sensation and the power 
of voluntary motion, consuming oxygen and giving 
off carbonic acid. 

4. 1. Functions of Nutrition, those by which an 
animal is able to live, grow and maintain its existence 
as an individual. 2. Functions of Reproduction, tho^Q 
by which the perpetuation of the species is insured. 
3. Functions of Relation, those by means of which 
external objects are brought into relation with the 
organism, and by which it in turn reacts upon the 
outer world. 

5. Aristotle, Linneas, Cuvier, Buffon, and Agassiz. 

6. First, a great portion of our food is derived from 
the animals of the forest, field and waters. Second, 
all our most valuable articles of apparel we get from 
this source. Third, dyes, varnishes, glues, ivory, 
bone, and a thousand other articles employed in the 
arts we take from the animal world. 



310 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

7. Zoology teaches mankind what animals are useful 
to him, and what ones are harmful. It teaches us how 
to protect those which may be of use, and how to de- 
stroy those which do us harm. 

8. (a) The remains of ancient organic bodies dis- 
covered in the earth, (b) Fossils aid the geologist in 
tracing out the different rock formations, and finding 
the coal and other materials essential to supply the 
wants of civilized man. 

9. Fossil remains of animals can be understood only 
when studied by the aid of facts and principles of 
zoology. 

10. Respiratory, digestive, absorbent, circulatory, 
secretory, excretory, motory, reproductive and ner- 
vous systems, 

11. Absorption is the act by which organisms imbibe 
into their tissues the fluids which surround them. 
Exhalation is the act of sending forth fluids in the form 
of vapor through the external and internal surfaces of 
the animal. 

12. A cell is the ultimate structural element of the 
animal composition. It is a minute vesicle filled with 
a viscid liquid nsimed protoplasm ; i.e. , the first to form. 
Within the vesicle there is a central particle termed the 
nucleus, and within this, there is, in many cases, a stiU 
smaller particle called nucleolus. 

13. Upon the classification of animals according to 
their relations and affinities. 

14. The first division is into Subkingdoms or 
Branches; 2nd. Classes; 3rd. Orders; 4th. Families; 
5th. Genera; 6th. Species. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 311 

15. Subkingdoms are characterized by plan of struc- 
ture; classes, by the manner in which the plan is exe- 
cuted; orders, by the complication of structure; 
families, by form, as determined by structure ; genera, 
by details of execution in special parts; species, by 
the relation of individuals to one another, and by the 
proportion of their parts. 

16. Upon structure and upon form as determined 
by structure. 

17. 1. Vertebrata. 2. Articulata. 3. Mollusca. 
4. Echinodermata. 5. Coelenterata. 6. Protozoa. 

18. All animals which have an internal jointed skel- 
eton, and a brain and spinal cord along the dorsal side. 

19. Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces. 

20. The bones ai*e living and vascular animal tis- 
sues, growing and changing by internal additions and 
modifications. Shells grow only by additions to and 
modifications of the circumference. 

21. The teeth are in part composed of bony mate- 
rial called cement, but their principal substances are 
dentine and enamel; enamel being harder than any 
other tissue of the body, having but a trace of animal 
tissue, the teeth are far more durable than the bones. 

22. The Mammalia are warm-blooded, air-breathing 
vertebrates, which bring forth living young, and nour- 
ish them with milk. Their skin is usually covered 
with hair, fur or wool. Their lungs are separated by a 
diaphragm from the abdominal cavity. The heart has 
four cavities ; the circulation of the blood is double 
and complete. 



312 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

23. Bimanay man; Quadrumana, monkey; Car- 
nivora, lion ; Ungulata , horse; Prohoscidea, ele- 
phant;* 8irenia, dugong ; Hyracoidea, daman; 
Cetacea, whale; Chiroptera, bat; Insectivora, mole; 
i?ocZen^2a, beaver; Edentata, anteater ; Marsupialia, 
opossum ; Monotremata, duckbill. 

24. The framework of man is superior to that of 
the animals in its adaptability for the greatest variety 
of movements. 

25. Because of their power of opposing the great 
toe to the other toes, making the hind feet become 
hands. 

26. Monkeys may be distinguished from man ana- 
tomically by the spinal opening in the cranium being 
in the posterior third of the base ; by the single curve 
of the vertebral column ; by the shortness of the thumb 
which does not reach the base of the index finger ; by 
the long and narrow pelvis ; by the obtuse angle of the 
foot with the leg ; and by the disproportionate length 
of the arms, which in most species, reach to the knee. 

27. The circulation in mammals is complete because 
all the blood circulates through the lungs before going 
through the body ; and it is said to be double because 
the blood passes through two sets of capilliary vessels, 
one set belono;ino^ to the lunojs, the other set to the 
body. 

28. This may be shown by placing a bone in weak 
muriatic acid for a few days, when the mineral sub- 
stance will be dissolved, and the cartilage having the 
same form and size as the bone will remain. 



ANS^VERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 313 

2—2 1—1 2—2 

29. Incisors, : Canine, ; Pre-molars, 

^-2 1-1 2-2 

Molars,^ = 32. 
3-3 

30. The ** facial angle " is formed by the intersec- 
tion of two lines projected in the following manner: 
the first extends from the lower opening of the ear to 
the base of the nose ; the second starting from the 
most prominent part of the forehead, intersects the 
first at the most prominent part of the upper jaw. 
In the White race this angle varies from 75° to 95°; 
in the ape it is 40° ; in the dog, 20°. 

31. The three families of the quadrumana are the 
Simiidae, the Cebid^, and theLemuridae. The Simiidse 
resembles man most. 

32. None have ever been trained to render any 
useful service, and such training is probably impossi- 
ble from their disposition, being selfish, crafty, 
thievish, and malicious. 

33. The Mandrill, to the Simiidce ; the Spider 
Monkey, to the Cebid?e ; the Aye Aye, to the Lemuri- 
dae ; the Gorilla and the Chimpanzee, to the Simiidae. 

34. 1st. They feed wholly or mainly on flesh. 2nd. 
They have long, sharp teeth, fitted for cutting and 
tearing rather than grinding. 3rd. The stomach is 
simple and the intestines relatively short, perfectly 
adapted to their easily digestible food. 4th. Their 
feet are provided with toes, wl^ich are often armed 
with sharp claws. 5th. In most cases the Carnivora 
are without clavicles. 



314 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

35. Felidce^ as the lion, cat; Viverridoe, civet, ich- 
neumon ; Hyenidce, hyena; Canidce, <^og, wolf; 
il/ws^e/uZoe, weasel, otter; Ursidce, hear ; ProcT/omdce, 
raccoon; Otariidce, eared seal, sea bear; Phocidce, 
common seal; i^osma/^zcZoe, walrus. 

36. DigitigradeSy those which walk on the toes 
without touching the heel to the ground; as the cat, 
tiger ; Plmitigrades, those which in walking place the 
sole of the foot flat on the ground ; as the bear, rac- 
coon ; Pennigrades, those which progress by means of 
fin-like paddles; as the seal and walrus. 

37. Since the carnivora live almost entirely by prey 
which they must capture, their senses are more acute 
than those of any other order. 

38. The Felidse, because they exhibit the peculiar 
characteristics of the order more than any other 
family. 

39. In the Kuminantia the stomach is composed of 
four compartments. The food is swallowed as the 
animal grazes, and is passed directly into the paunch 
or first stomach ; thence into the reticulum or second 
stomach, where it is moistened and formed into 
pellets, which afterward ascend through the oesophagus 
to the mouth to be chewed while the animal rests. 
The food, now in the form of chewed cuds, is again 
swallowed, passing directly into the leaflet or third 
stomach, sometimes called many plies, on account of 
its numerous folds. From this it passes to the fourth 
stomach or caillette, which is the true organ of diges- 
tion. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 315 

40. The artiodactyl Ungidata are : Camelidse, 
Giraffidse, Bovidae, Antilocapridge, Cervidae, Hippo- 
potamidge, Suidte, DicotylidsG; the perissodactijl Un- 
gulata are: Equidte, Rhinocerotidae, Taph'adae. 

41. The giraffe, bison, buffalo, goat, chamois, ox, 
deer, moose, sheep, gazelle. 

42. The camel, dromedary, and llama resemble one 
another in having no horns, being provided with two 
toes and cushioned feet, and being all ruminants. 
They differ in their dorsal structure and habitat, the 
camel having one hump, the dromedary, two and the 
llama none. The camel is adapted to cold climates, 
the dromedary to hot climates, and the llama, by rea- 
son of its hooked toes, is adapted to the rugged moun- 
tains of the Andes. 

43. The mastodon and the dinotherium , 

44. The elephant's proboscis or trunk is a long cylin- 
drical organ composed of several thousand muscles, and 
endowed at its terminus with the most delicate sensi- 
bility. The trunk is remarkable for its power and 
agility. It is the organ of touch, smell, prehension, 
and defense. 

45. The families of the Cetacea are deljphinidoe, hal- 
aenidce, 2i\idiphyseteridoe. Whalebone is obtained from 
the upper jaw of the bdlaenidcB, Sperm is obtained 
from cranial cavities in the 'physeteridoe, 

46. To the Chiroptera. 

47. The bats fly during the night, concealing them- 
selves in daylight in caves, hollow trees, and dark 
places, hanging by the hooks or nails of their hind 



316 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

feet. Their large ears and broad wings possess such 
a delicate sensibility that they are enabled to fly 
quickly and safely through the most comiDlicated 
passages. 

48. The mole, shrew, hedgehog, kabung. 

49. In each jaw they have two chisel-shaped inci- 
sors, between which and the molars there is a space 
without teeth, canines being wanting. The incisors are 
long, slightly curved and deeply rooted. The edges 
are kept sharp by friction and growth. The molars 
are usually ridged transversely, and the jaws have 
a backward and forward motion as required in 
gnawing. 

50. 31eridce, rats and mice; GeomT/idce gophers; 
Oastoridce, beaver; Sciuridce, squirrels; Hystricidoe, 
porcupine ; Caviidoe, Guinea-pig ; Leporidce, hares and 
rabbits. 

61. The beaver on account of its fur. 

52. They are all toothless and painfully deliberate in 
their movements. 

53. The Marsupialia at birth are extremely small, 
and are immediately received into a pocket or pouch, 
formed by folds of the skin of the mother's abdomen. 
Here they are nourished till they are able to take care 
of themselves. 

54. In belonging, with a few exceptions, to the order 
of Marsupialia, 

55. It has the form of an otter with many of his 
habits, and the bill of a duck and webbed feet. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 317 

Passeres, sparrows. Herodiones, herons. 

PiCARi^, woodpeckers. Alectorides, rails. 
PsiTTACi, parrots. Lamellirostres, geese. 

Eaptores, vultures. Steganopodes, pelicans. 

CoLUMB^E, doves. LoNGiPExxES, guUs. 

Galling, turkeys. PYGOPODES,auks. 

Brevipennies, ostriches. Sphenisci, penguins. 
LiMicoL^, snipes. 

57. The breast bone is greatly enlarged to furnish 
support for the muscles which move the wings ; while 
the fore limbs below the elbow are more or less consol- 
idated to give firmness in striking the air in flight. 

58. By the oil with which the feathers are dressed, 
and which is furnished by a gland situated on the tail. 

59. In being much lighter. The marrow found in 
the bones of mammals is replaced by air in the bones 
of birds. 

60. Respiration in birds is most complete Not only 
the lungs perform this function, but the bones and 
feathers aid in the act of breathing. It is claimed that 
if the windpipe be tied a bird will breathe through a 
broken bone. 

61. A large muscle extends down the thigh-bone, 
terminating in a tendon, which passes in front of the 
knee, and continuing downward and backward, passes 
behind the heel-bone; here it divides, sending branches 
to all the toes. When the bird stands erect the toes 
are extended, but as it crouches, the limbs being bent, 
the muscle and tendon are shortened, and in the act 



318 ANSWEKS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

the toes are flexed and grasp the perch. This flexion 
is seen in the stepping of fowls, the flexing of the toes 
being involuntary. 

62. The stomach is composed of three parts, — the 
croj)y which is an enlargement of the gullet, a membran- 
eous stomach lined with numerous glands which furnish 
juices to moisten the food, and the gizzard, in which 
the food is finally digested. 

63. {a) 104° Fahr. {b) By a horny point at the 
extremity of the bill by which the shell is pierced. 

64. Granivorous, living upon grains or other seeds. 
Carnivorous, living upon animal food. Gregarious, 
living in numbers or herds. Omnivorous, feeding 
indiscriminately on all kinds of food. Ruminants, 
animals which chew the cud. 

65. Testudinata,i\xvi\Q^', Xonca^a, alligator; Lac- 
ertilUa, lizards; Opliidia, snakes. 

66. It is shorter in proportion than in warm blooded 
vertebrates. The transition from the oesophagus to 
the stomach is by a pouch-like dilatation. The small 
intestines have but few coils, and the large intestines 
are short. Digestion is sluggish. 

67. The blood of reptiles is much cooler than in 
animals or birds. The heart has only three cavities 
instead of four, two auricles and one ventricle. The 
arterial blood from the lungs goes into the left auricle, 
and the venous blood from all parts of the body into 
the right auricle ; both are poured into the single ven- 
tricle, thus mixing the pure and impure blood; hence 
the sluggishness of these animals. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY ' 319 

68. Eeptiles having no diaphragm, there is no divi- 
sion between the cavities of the thorax and abdomen, 
and the lungs are not connected with air-sacs placed in 
various parts of the body. 

69. The eyes of reptiles differ but little from those 
of birds; the hearing is less complete than it is in 
either mammals or birds ; the sense of smell is but 
little developed ; while the sense of touch is almost 
wanting. 

70. Ichthyopterygia^ Sauropterygia^ Pterosauria, 
Anomodontia, Deinosauria. 

71. The heart of a serpent has three cavities, — two 
auricles and one ventricle; while a fish has but two 
cavities, — one auricle and one ventricle, containing 
only impure blood. 

72. The lower jaw articulates with the skull by 
means of a quadrate bone, and this in turn is movably 
jointed to the cranium. The two halves of the lower 
jaw are loosely united by ligaments and muscles. By 
reason of this peculiar arrangement serpents have the 
power of opening the mouth to an astonishing extent. 

73. The upper jaw contains a pair of long, curved 
fangs, which, when not in use, are pointed backward, 
and concealed in a fold of the gum. Each fang is 
perforated by a fine tube, connecting with the duct of 
the ** poison-gland," located under and behind the 
eyes. When the snake strikes at any object, the poi- 
son is forced through the fang into the wound, partly 
by the contraction of the muscles of the glands, and 
partly by the action of the jaw. 



320 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

74. The alligator in the New World, the crocodile 
in the Old World. 

75. The term '< amphibians " is applied to the Ba- 
trachia on account of their '* double life," — the tadpole 
stage passed in water during which they breathe by 
gills like a fish, and a mature stage passed in air, dur- 
ing which they breathe by lungs. 

76. Anoura^ as frogs and toads; Urodela, as sala- 
manders and newts; Amphipneust7'a , as siredons; 
Ajjoda, as the blind worm. 

77. The toad is an enormous eater; his daintiest 
food is the insect tribe that infest the gardens. A half 
dozen toads in a large garden will devour all the in- 
sects that destroy the young plants. 

78. While respiration in the land vertebrates is per- 
formed by means of lungs, in fishes it is effected by 
means of gills ; the limbs of fish corresponding to the 
locomotive members of land vertebrates are but little 
developed. Owing to the simplicity of the intestinal 
canal, digestion in fishes is very rapid. 

79. The fins of fish are termed pectorals, corre- 
sponding to the fore or anterior limbs of the higher 
vertebrates; ventrals, corresponding to the posterior 
limbs, dorsal, on the back; anal, beneath the tail; and 
caudal, at the end of the tail. 

80. Into Salachians (cartilaginous skeleton), as 
Sharks, Rays; Ganoids (enameled), as Gar-pikes, 
Sturgeons ; Telliosts (perfect bone), as Perch, Salmon, 
Marsipohranchii (pouch gills), as Lampreys, Lan- 
celet. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 321 

81. The so-called flying of this fish is due to an 
excessive development of the pectoral fins, by which it 
is enabled to sustain itself in air for only a few 
seconds. 

82. The Articulata; the Mollusca; the Echinoder- 
mata; the C oelenterata ; the Protozoa. 

83. Insecta, as insects ; Myriapoda, as centipedes; 
Arachiida, as spiders; Crustacea, as lobsters; A7i- 
neUda,as worms. 

84. The bodies of Articulates consist of a series of 
transversely jointed rings, more or less movable, com- 
posed of a substance termed chitine. The external 
parts are usually hard, and constitute the only skele- 
ton the animal may be said to have. The limbs, when 
present, are like the body — composed of jointed rings. 
Each distinct segment of the body possesses an inde- 
pendent nerve center, though these are all connected, 
both with each other and with the outer integument. 

85. In the true insects the three divisions of the 
body, the head, thorax, and abdomen, are always dis- 
tinct from one another; there are never more than 
three pairs of legs in the adult, and these are borne 
upon the thorax ; the abdomen has no locomotive ap- 
pendages. 

86. Breathing in insects is effected by means of air- 
tubes which branch throughout the animal, and which 
receive the air through air-holes, arranged along the 
side or posterior part of the body. The Liood is 
aerated by absorbing air through delicate membranes 
of the tubes. 

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322 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

87. The sting is a kind of hollow lancet connected 
with an internal sac of poison, which the insect injects 
into the wounds it inflicts when enraged. The oviposi- 
tor, or piercer, is a jointed tube used for conducting 
eggs into holes where they are left to be hatched. 

88. The food in some insects is chewed by means of 
mandibles by a horizontal motion ; in others it is mere- 
ly sucked in, and passes into a more or less folded 
cavity, termed the crop, from which it goes into a 
second muscular cavity or gizzard. The gizzard is 
adapted for crushing the food, by having, in many 
cases, teeth-like plates of chitine. From this the food 
passes into the true digestive organ, termed the chylijic 
stomach, and thence to the intestine. 

89. The metamorphoses comprise three stages. The 
moth in passing from the egg state becomes a larva. 
If legs are present, the larva is a cateipillar; if absent, 
a grub or maggot. In this state the larva is a voracious 
eater, and grows astonishingly, as may be seen in the 
common tobacco worm. At growth it usually rolls itself 
into an apparently lifeless oval or conical body called a 
j[>xipa or chrysalis. After a time, varying in length in 
different species, it sheds its pupa covering and comes 
forth an imago, or perfect insect. 

90. 1. Hymenoptera (membrane-winged), bees, 
wasps. 

2. Lepidoptera (scaly-winged), butterflies, moths. 

3. Diptera (two-winged), flies, mosquitoes. 

4. Coleoptera (sheath-winged), beetles, weevils. 

5. Hemiptera (half-winged), harvest-flies, bugs. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 323 

6. OrtJioptera (straight-winged), locusts, crickets. 

7. Neuroptera ( nerve- winged ) , dragon-flies, ant- 
lion. 

91. They are not. Flies come forth in the imago 
full grown. The small flies belong to a different 
species. 

92. Aracanm^ as the spider; Pedipalpi^ as the 
scorpion; Acarina., as the mite, cattle tick. 

93. The Arachnids have the head and thorax closely 
united; four pairs of legs; they are without antennae, 
or wings; and, in general, undergo no metamorphosis, 
but molt their skin six times before coming to ma- 
turity. 

94. The Crustacea (hard covering) are covered 
with a crust or shell. The body consists of segments, 
most of which, in the higher orders, are united into 
one piece, called the cephalo-ihorax. Most crustaceans 
live in water, and breathe by means of gills or 
hranchioe. 

95. All Crustaceans have the power of repairing 
injuries to themselves. Thus, if a leg or other ap- 
pendage is broken off another soon grows in its 
place. 

96. As the Crustacean o^rows it becomes too larjre 
for its shell. A rent is formed through the back and 
the animal slips out, leaving a shell as much like itself 
as when it encased the living creature. 

97. Decapoda^ ten-footed, as lobsters, crabs, and 
shrimp ; Tetradecapoda , fourteen-footed, as wood-lice 



324 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

and sand-fleas; Entomostraca, insect-like, as horse- 
shoe crabs and barnacles. 

98. Most worms multiply by eggs; some by self- 
division, called germination or fission ; while a few are 
viviporous. 

99. The earth or angle worm eats the organic mat- 
ter found in the earth. The rejected worm casts 
toofether with the burrowino; and workinoj of the worms 
over the soil often converts barren wastes into pro- 
ductive land. 

100. (a) The tape worm is without digestive organs 
or alimentary canal, hence all nourishment is absorbed 
through the walls of its body. (6) The worm grows 
by increase in the number of joints near the head, the 
older ones, containing eggs, ripening and falling away, 
(c) The detatched joints escaping to the world scatter 
the eggs, which enter the system of other animals, 
usually some omniverous feeder like the hog. Here 
only the eggs will hatch. The embryo pierces the 
flesh and becomes hydatids. The meat of such tainted 
hofifs, containing:, the larvoe of these is eaten raw or 
insufficiently cooked, and develop in the human system 
the tape worm. 

101. MoUusks are neither jointed nor radiated in 
their internal structure, but are composed of yielding 
tissues of great concractile power enveloped by a mus- 
cular skin called the mantle. In most cases the mol- 
lusk is protected by a hard shell. 

102. The circulatory system of the higher orders 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 325 

of the Mollusca consists of a distinct heart, having an 
auricle and a ventricle, arteries and veins. The auricle 
receives the colorless aerated blood from the sfiUs, while 
the ventricle drives it through the body. 

103. 1st. The Cephalopoda have muscular append- 
ages ov arms around the head, two stout horny jaws; 
two large eyes ; and the body is sometimes covered 
by a shell. 2nd. The Gasteropoda have the abdomen 
provided with a single foot by which all movements 
are effected. While some are naked, most live in an 
univalve shell. 3rd. The Acephala or Lamellihran- 
chiata have no apparent head, and live in a shell com- 
posed of two valves. 4th. The Tunicata or Ascidians 
have a soft, elastic covering instead of a shell. 5th. 
The Brachiopoda (arm-footed) have two ciliated arms, 
the shell composed of two valves, one above and one 
below opening by a system of muscles instead of 
hinge ligaments as in the oyster. 6th. The Pohjzoa 
grow in clusters, hence the name (many animals). 
They resemble plants in their general appearance so 
much as to be sometimes called mass-animals. 

104. The Radiata diverge in all directions from a 
central axis, — they are without ends or sides. The 
lateral symmetry observed in the higher forms is here 
replaced by a circular symmetry from the center, 
similar to the growth of plants, from which resem- 
blance the radiates are often called plant-animals. 

105. The Asteroids force their prey into a cavity 
on the under side by means of tentacles, when the 



326 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ZOOLOGY. 

stomach by a peristaltic movement protrudes and en- 
velopes the food, which by the action of the fluids 
secreted by the animal, goes through the process of 
digestion. 

106. The Bathyhius, belonging to the Monera, a 
structureless living albuminous jelly. 

107. Consult Tenny's Elements of Zoology or 
Steel's jPowr^ee?i Weeks in Zoology, 



QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

1. Define Natural Philosophy. Physics. 

2. Give the general properties of matter. 

3. What are the specific properties of matter ? 

4. How does a molecule differ from an atom? 
6. Name the great forces in nature. 

6. State and illustrate the difference between cohe- 
sion and adhesion. 

7. In what three forms does matter exist? 

8. What is the difference between annealing and 
welding? 

9. State Newton's Laws of Motion. 

10. What is the absolute unit of force? 

11. Give the law of reflected motion. 

12. What are the two laws of gravitation? 

13. (a) How does weight decrease above and below 
the earth's surface. (5) Where is it nothing? 

14. Write the three formulas for falling bodies, ex- 
plaining the characters you employ. 

15. How does the initial velocity of a body pro- 
jected upward compare with the final velocity of a fall- 
ing body ? 

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328 QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

16. What is meant by the random of a projectile? 

17. How far will a body fall in ten seconds? 

18. Give the laws of the pendulum. 

19. (a) What is the length of a second's pendulum 
in the United States? (b) Where would it be longer? 

20. Explain what is meant by a 10 horse-power en- 
gine. 

21. What are the three general laws of machines? 

22. Describe the three classes of levers. 

23. Give formulas for the solution of lever problems. 

24. With a lever of the first class in which the 
distance between the power and fulcrum is 4 feet, and 
the distance from the weight to the fulcrum is 2 feet, 
how great a weight can be balanced by a man weighing 
150 pounds? 

25. Write a formula for the wheel and axle. 

26. State the law of wheel-work. 

27. What is a pulley? How many kinds? 

28. How do you find the weight balanced by a given 
power with a system of pulleys having a continuous 
rope? 

29. Give rules for determining the advantage gained 
by using an inclined plane. 

30. How is the advantage gained by the use of a 
screw estimated? 

31. What means are employed for diminishing the 
friction between two surfaces ? 

32. State the law of liquid pressure. 

33. How is the pressure of a hydrostatic press 
found? 



QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHr. 329 

34. Give a rule for finding the liquid pressure on the 
bottom of any vessel. 

35. How may the pressure of water against the side 
of a vessel be found ? 

36. Upon what property of liquids is the spirit level 
constructed ? 

37. State clearly what is meant by specific gravity? 

38. How would you find the sp. gr. of a piece of 
iron? 

39. Give a rule for finding sp. gr. of a body lighter 
than water. 

40. How is the weight of any substance determined 
from its specific gravity ? 

41. (a) What is the pressure of the air at sea level? 
(5) How high a column of mercury does this pressure 
sustain? (c) What height does it raise water in a 
pump? 

42. Describe and state the uses of the barometer. 

43. State the velocity of sound in air and in water. 

44. With what velocity will water flow from an 
opening 64.32 feet below the surface of the water? 
Give the work, and state the law upon which this is 
based. 

45. How would you determine the volume of water 
discharged by a river in a given time ? 

46. Name the different kinds of water-wheels in use, 
and state how much of the water power is made avail- 
able by each . 

47. What is Mariotte's law governing the compress- 
ibility of air? 



330 QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

48. Explain the action of the lifting pump. 

49. How is the earth's magnetism shown by polar- 
izing a bar thrust in the ground ? 

50. State the law of electric action. 

51. What is the velocity of light? 

52. How does the intensity of light and heat vary? 

53. Give three laws for the refraction of lio:ht. 

54. Upon what principles are sounds transmitted by 
the telephone ? 

55 . Name and define the methods of diffusion of heat. 

56. Upon what facts does the action of the ther- 
mometer depend ? 

57. How much steam will a cubic foot of water 
make? 

58. Give the law of thermodynamics. 

59. How is the vibrating movement of the piston in 
a steam-engine produced? 

60. How do images appear in convex mirrors? 

61. Name the different kinds of lenses. Into what 
two classes may they be divided? 

62. Explain how objects are perceived by the 
organs of the eye. 

63. A, who Can row 6 miles an hour in still water, 
heads his boat straight across a stream flowing 4 
miles an hour: how far and with what velocity does 
his boat move to reach the opposite shore, if the 
stream is 4 miles wide? 

64. A body weighs 50 lbs. at the earth's surface; 
what is its weight 500 miles below the surface? 

65. What would be the difference in weight of a 



QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 331 

100 lb. ball 1000 miles above the earth's surface and 
1000 miles below the surface ? 

66. How far above and below the earth's surface 
should a Troy pound be taken to weigh 3 ounces ? 

67. How far will a two-pound weight fall durino; 
(a) the fourth second of its descent? {h) What will 
be the entire distance fallen ? (c) With what velocity 
will it strike the earth ? 

68. A body is thrown directly upward with a veloc- 
ity of 112.56 feet; (a) What velocity will it have at 
the end of the fourth second? (6) In what direction 
is it moving? 

69. What will be the time of vibration of a pendu- 
lum 30 inches long, and how many vibrations will it 
make in a minute ? 

70. How long must a pendulum be to beat once in 
2V3 seconds ? 

71. A pendulum 5 feet long makes 400 vibrations 
during a certain time; how many vibrations will it 
make in the same time after the pendulum rod has 
been expanded V4 of an inch ? 

72. What is the horse-power of an engine that can 
raise 2000 lbs. 4800 feet in 3 minutes? 

73. Ho^v long will it take a 10 horse-power engine 
to raise 50 tons 200 feet ? 

74. How far can a 20 horse-power engine raise 80 
tons in 40 seconds? 

75. What weight can be balanced by a lever having 
the following elements: power arm 7V2 feet, weight 
arm 8 inches, power 100 lbs.? 



332 QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

76. Required the power to balance a weight of 150 
lbs., and the class of lever, if the power arm is 3 
feet and the weight arm 4 feet. 

77. Two men, A and B carry a barrel of flour 
(weight 210 lbs.) suspended from an 8-foot pole be- 
tween them, but as B is only Vs as strong as A, it is 
required to know how far from each the weight should 
be placed. 

.78. Where should be the fulcrum of a 5-foot lever 
so that a weight of 40 lbs. at one end shall be balanced 
by 8 lbs. at the other? 

79. What is the class and length of lever and dis- 
tance from power to fulcrum of that lever with which 
a power of 1 kilogram w^ill balance a weight of 4 kilo- 
grams placed 50 centimeters from the fulcrum ? 

80. What power will be required to move the pilot- 
wheel of a boat if the resistance of the rudder is 
80 lbs. and the diameters of the wheel and axle are 
4 feet and 8 inches respectively ? 

81. A weight of 540 lbs. is balanced by 60 lbs. on 
a wheel 12 feet in diameter; what is the diameter and 
circumference of the wheel's axle? 

82. How much power will be required to draw 10 
gallons (80 lbs.) of water from a well with a windlass 
12 inches in diameter fitted with a winch 20 inches 
long? 

83. What weight can be balanced by a system of 
4 movable and 5 fixed pulleys, the power being 100 
lbs.? 



QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 333 

84. In a system of pulleys of two blocks, each 
containing 4 sheaves, the friction is Ve the power; 
required the power which will support 1200 lbs. 

85. An inclined plane has a base of 12 feet and a 
height of 3 feet. What force acting (a) horizontally, 
that is parallel to the base, will balance a weight of 
3 tons? (b) What force will be required if the force 
acts parallel to the plane ? 

86. A screw whose threads are V4 of an inch apart 
is turned by a lever 6 feet long. How great a force 
will be exerted by a power of 25 lbs., applied at the 
end of the lever, allowing 200 lbs. for friction? 

87. Find the pressure on the base of a cylindrical 
cistern whose diameter is 5 feet, the water being 6 
feet deep. 

88. A dam 20 feet high and 100 feet from shore to 
shore is filled with water ; what is the average pressure ? 

89. What is the total liquid pressure on the sides 
and bottom of a prismatic vessel containing 2 cubic 
yards of water, the bottom of the vessel being 2 by 
3 feet? 

90. What is the pressure on the bottom of a pyra- 
midal vessel filled with water, the base being 3 by 4 
feet, and the height being 10 feet? 

91. The lever (2nd class) of a hyarostatic press is 
8 feet long, the piston rod is one foot from the ful- 
crum; the area of the tube is V2 square inch, that of 
the cylinder is 120 square inches. Find the weight 
that may be raised by a power of 100 lbs. 



334 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

92. The temperature of a school-room, as shown 
by a Fahrenheit's thermoneter, is 68 deg., what tem- 
perature would be indicated by a Centigrade thermome- 
ter? By Keaumer's thermometer? 

93. What is the specific gravity of a piece of metal 
which weighs 88.19 ounces in air, and when placed 
in a vessel even full of water displaces 11 ounces of 
the liquid? 

94. A 16-ounce ball weighs 7 ounces in water, but 
upon being transferred to another liquid, weighs 11 
ounces; what is the specific gravity of the second 
liquid? 

93. Find the specific gravity of a piece of ice from 
the following conditions: a lump of ice weighing 8 
lbs. is tied to 16 lbs. of lead. In water the lead 
alone weighs 14.6 lbs., while the lead and ice in water 
weigh 13.712 lbs. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NATURAL 
PHILOSOPHY. 

1. Natural Philosophy is the science which treats of 
all those phenomena of matter in which there is no 
change in the composition of the body. Physics is 
only another term for Natural Philosophy. 

2. Extension, Impenetrability, Weight, Indestructi- 
bility, Inertia, Mobility, Divisibility, Porosity, Com- 
pressibility, Expansibility, and Elasticity. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 335 

3. Hardness, Tenacity, Brittleness, Malleabilility, 
Ductility. 

4. A moleule is the smallest particle of matter that 
can exist by itself ; while an atom is the smallest parti- 
cle of matter that can enter into composition. 

5. Internal or Molecular Forces, Attraction of 
Gravitation, Heat, Light, Electricity, Magnetism, Vi- 
tal Force. 

6. Cohesion is the force which holds together Jilce 
molecules ; adhesion is the force which holds together 
unlike molecules. Cohesion preserves the forms of 
bodies, as the parts of a stone, while adhesion holds 
the crayon marks to the blackboard. 

7. In the solid, the liquid, and the gaseoffs forms. 

8. Annealing is the process of rendering metals, 
glass, etc., soft and flexible by heating and gradually 
cooling. The process of welding is the union by cohe- 
sion of two pieces of iron or platinum by heating and 
hammerino^ them toojether. 

9. First Law. A body unaffected by any exter- 
nal force continues in its state of rest or of uniform 
motion in a straight line. 

Second Law. A force produces the same effect 
whether the body on which it acts is at rest or in mo- 
tion, whether it acts alone or with other forces. 

Third Law. Action and reaction are equal and in 
opposite directions. 

10. It is the force, which acting for a unit of time 
upon a unit of mass, will produce a unit of velocity. 



336 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

11. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of 
reflection, and lies in the same plane. 

12. 1st. Gravitation varies directly as the mass. 
2nd. Gravitation varies inversely as the square of the 
distance from the centers of gravity. 

13. Above the surface of the earth weight decreases 
as the square of the distance from the center of the 
earth increases. Below the surface it decreases sim- 
ply as the distance from the surface toward the center 
increases. At the center of the earth there is no 
weight, because the influence of gravity there ceases. 

14. V = velocity; s = space fallen each second; 
S = total distance fallen; g = 32.16 ; t = time; V = 
gXt; s = V2 g (2t— 1); S = 1/2 g Xt\ 

15. It is the same for any given distance. 

16. The random of a projectile is the horizontal dis- 
tance from its starting point to where it strikes the 
ground. 

17. 8 = 1/2 gXt^; that is 1/2 of 32.16x10^=1608 
feet. 

18. 1st Law. Vibrations of small amplitude are 
made in equal times. 

2nd Law. The times of vibrations of two pendu- 
lums are to each other as the square roots of their 
lengths. 

3rd Law. The lengths of two pendulums are di- 
rectly proportional to the squares of their times of vi- 
bration, or inversely proportional to the squares of 
the number of their vibrations in a given time. 

19. (a) 39.1 inches, (h) Toward the Poles. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 337 

20. A 10 horse-power engine is one having power to 
do 10X33,000 foot-pounds of work in a minute. 

21. First. What is gained in intensity of power is 
lost in time, velocity, or distance. 

Second, The power multiplied by the distance 
through which it moves equals the weight multiplied 
by the distance through which it moves. 

Third, The power multiplied by its velocity equals 
the weight multiplied by its velocity. 

22. In a lever of the first class the power and 
weight are at the ends, the fulcrum is between them. 

In a lever of the second class the poiver and fulcrum 
are at the ends, the weight is between them. 

In a lever of the third class the weight and fulcrum 
are at the ends, th.Q poioer is between them. 

23. P (power) : W (weight) : : AY F (weight arm) : 
P F (power arm). 

24. P: W::WF: PF; 

150: X:: 2: 4 ; whence A^ = 300 pounds. 

25. The power: Weight:: the radius, diameter, or 
circumference of the axle: the Radius, Diameter, or 
Circumference of the wheel. 

26. The continued product of the radii of the 
wheels equals the continued product of the weight and 
the radii of the axles. 

27. A pully is a wheel usually fixed in a block, and 
turning on its axis by means of a cord running in a 
groove formed on the edge of a wheel. There are 
two kinds — fixed and movable. 

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338 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

28. Multiply the power by the number of folds of 
the rope supporting the weight attached to the mova- 
ble block. 

29. P (power): W (weight):: h (height): 1 
(length). This rule applies only when the power acts 
parallel to the plane. If the power acts parallel to the 
base, we apply this formula: P: W:: h (height): 
b (base). 

30. A given power will support a weight as many 
times as great as itself as the circumference described 
by the power is times as great as the distance between 
the threads. 

31. 1st. By increasing the smoothness between the 
surfaces. 2nd. By placing some lubricant between 
the surfaces, as soap and black lead for woods, and oil 
for metals. 3rd. By making the surfaces of different 
material. 

32. Liquids under the pressure of gravity only, 
press equally in all directions. 

33. Multiply the pressure exerted by the piston by 
the quotient obtained by dividing the area of the cyl- 
inder by the area of the piston. 

34. Multiply the area of the base in feet by the 
depth of the water in feet, and this product by 62V2 
(the number of pounds in a cubic foot of water). 

35. Multiply the area of the side in feet by one-Jialf 
the height of water in feet, and this product by 
621/2. 

36. It is constructed upon the property of liquids 
to assume a horizontal surface. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 339 

37. The specific gravity of a body is its weight 
compared with the weight of an equal volume of an- 
other body taken as the standard. 

38. Weigh the piece of iron in air and in water; 
divide its weight in air by the loss it sustains by weigh- 
ing it in water. 

39. Attach the lighter body to a piece of metal 
heavy enough to sink it ; weigh the combination in air 
and in water. 

Find the loss of weight of the combined mass when 
weighed in water. Weigh the heavy body in air and 
in water, and find the loss. From the loss which the 
combined mass sustains in water subtract the loss 
which the heavy body alone sustains in water; the 
remainder will be the weight of water equal to the 
bulk of the lighter body. Divide the weight of the 
lighter body by this remainder. 

40. Multiply the sp. gr. of the substance by 62 V2 ; 
the product is the weight of a cubic foot of the sub- 
stance. 

41. (a) 15 pounds per square inch. (6) It sup- 
ports a column of mercury 30 inches high, (c) 
Theoretically, it raises water 34 feet : practically 
about 2% feet. 

42. The barometer consists of a straight glass tube 
about 33 inches long, filled with mercury and inverted 
in a vessel containing mercury. It is used to indicate 
changes in the weather, and to measure the heights of 
mountains. 



340 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

43. Sound travels in air, at 32° Fahr., 1,090 feet 
per second; in water, about 4,700 feet per second. 

44. 64.32 feet -^ 16.08 = 4 ; The square root of 4 
is 2, the number of seconds; 32.16 X 2 = 64.32 ft., 
Ans. The law upon which this is based is: The veloc- 
ity of a stream flowing through an orifice is the same 
as that acquired by a body falling freely from a height 
equal to the depth of the liquid. 

45. Multiply the area of a cross section of the 
river's bed by the velocity of the stream, and this 
product by the time. 

46. The undershot wneel, using about 25% of the 
water power, the breast wheel, about 65 %, the over- 
shot wheel, about 72 %, and the turbine wheel, using 
from 80 to 85 %. 

47. The volume of space which air occupies is in- 
versely as the pressure upon it. 

48. The lifting pump consists of a hollow cylinder, 
within which is a piston working air-tight. At the 
lower end of both piston and cylinder is a valve open- 
ing upward. The c^dinder is attached to a tube or 
"suction pipe" communicating with the water. As 
the piston is worked the air below it is gradually re- 
moved. The downward pressure in the pipe being 
thus removed, the pressure of the air, exerted upon 
the surface of the liquid, pushes the liquid up through 
the suction pipe and the lower valve into the cylinder. 
When the piston is again pressed down, the lower 
valve closes, the reaction of the water opens the piston 
valve, the piston sinking below the surface of the 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 341 

water in the cylinder. When next the piston is raised, 
its valve is closed by the weio^ht of the water, and at 
the same time the water is lifted toward the spout and 
thrown out. 

49. If an iron bar be placed in the earth and struck 
a sharp blow upon the upper end, that end becomes 
polarized. 

60. Two bodies charged with like electricities repel 
each other; two bodies charged with opposite elec- 
tricities attract each other. 

51. About 186,000 miles per second. 

52. The intensity of light and heat varies inversely 
as the square of the distance. 

53. First. Lio^ht enterinoj a medium at ri^ht anorles 
to its surface is not refracted. 

Second. Light passing obliquely from a rarer to a 
denser medium is refracted toward the perpendicular. 

Third. Light passing obliquely from a denser to a 
rarer medium is refracted jO-om the perpendicular. 

54. The sounds uttered cause air waves to beat 
upon the diaphragm and cause it to vibrate. Each 
vibration of the diaphragm produces an electric cur- 
rent in the wire. These currents are transmitted to 
the coil of the connected telephone, and there produce 
in the diaphragm of the connected instrument vibra- 
tions exactly like the original vibrations produced by 
the voice of the speaker. 

55. Heat is diffused in three ways: Conduction, 
Convection, and Radiation. Conduction is the trans- 
fer of heat from molecule to molecule. Convection 



342 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

is the transfer of heat by circulation. Radiation is the 
transfer of heat by waves moving in straight lines in 
all directions. 

56. The action of the mercurial thermometer de- 
pends upon the facts that heat expands mercury more 
than it does glass, and that when two substances of dif- 
ferent temperatures are brought into contact, the 
warmer one will give heat to the colder one until they 
have a common temperature. 

57. About 1700 cubic feet of steam. 

58. When heat is transformed into mechanical 
energy, or mechanical energy into heat, the quantity 
of heat equals the quantity of mechanical energy. 

59. In a double-acting steam-engine, the steam is 
admitted by means of sliding valves, to the cylinder 
alternately above and below the piston. 

60. In convex mirrors the images are virtual, erect, 
and smaller than their objects. 

61. The Double-convex, Plano-convex, and Concavo- 
convex, or meniscus, are thicker in the middle than 
at the edges; while the Double-concave, Plano-con- 
cave, and Convex-concave, or diverging meniscus, are 
thinner in the middle than at the edges. 

62. Eays of light entering the eye from an object, 
are refracted by the cornea and crystaline lens, and 
made to converge to a focus at the back of the eye, 
and form an image upon the retina. This image pro- 
duces a sensation on the optic nerve, and conveys, in 
some unknown way, to the mind, a perception and 
knowledge of the external object. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. OAo 

63. (6 mi.)2+(4 mi.)2=52 sq. mi.; V^=7.21 
+ mi. velocity. If he rowed with a velocity of 4 mi. 
an hour he would drift 4 miles, but he rows 6 miles an 
hour, and therefore drifts | or | of 4 miles, or 2| 
miles. (2|)2+ (4)^ = 23^ ; V23| = 4.8 + miles. 

64. The weio^ht below the surface : the weio^ht at 
the surface : : the distance from the earth's center : 
the distance from the center to the surface ; that is 

w: W:: d : I); 

X lbs. : 50 lbs. : :3500 mi. : 4000 mi 

Ans. 43.75 lbs. 
e5. w: W :: d :D; 

X : 100 : : 3000 ; 4000. Weight 75 lbs. below 
the earth's 'surface. 

: cZ^; 

: (5000)2. ^Yeight 64 lbs. 

75 lbs. — 64 lbs. = 11 lbs., 



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3 
the center, or 4000 miles above the surface. 

67. (a) 16.08 ft.X7 (twice the number of seconds 
less one) = 112.56 ft., distance fallen during the 4th 
second; (b) 16.08x16 (the square of the number of 



344 ANSAVERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 

seconds) = 257.28 ft., the entire distance fallen; (c) 
32.16 (gravity) X 4 = 128.64 ft., velocity at the end 
of the 4th second. 

68. 112.56 ft. (initial velocity) -^ 32.16 (gravity) 
= Si seconds in rising. Since it rises but 3^ seconds, 
at the end of the 4th second it has been falling ^ sec- 
ond, and has a velocity of 32.16 X i or 16.08 ft. 

69. 39.1 : 30 : : V : t\ or t = .87 + seconds. Since 
the pendulum vibrates once in .87 seconds, it will 
vibrate as many times in one minute, or 60 seconds, 
as 60 -T- .87+ = 68.9+. Ans. 

70. 39.1 inches X (2|)2 = 278+ inches. 

71. The length of the given pendulum : the length 
of the pendulum increased by ^ of an * inch : : the 
square of the required number : 400^. 60 inches 
: 60.25 inches ::x^ : 400^. Ans. 399.04+. 

72. Horse power = gg^^^ ^ — g- = 96.9. Ans. 

73. 2000 X 50 X 200 = 20000000 minutes ; 33000 
X 10 = 330000 foot pounds ; 20000000 min. -f- 330000 

= 60|^ minutes. Ans. 

_- TT Weight X distance ^,7. v^ t 

74. Horse power = ooaaax^^- • — - — i — . W. X dis- 

^ 33000 X time in minutes. ^n v^xo 

tance = 33000 X time X H. P. ; that is, (2000 X 80) 
Xx= 33000X1 [40 sec] X 20. 160000a; = 440000, 
and Xy or the distance, = 2| feet. 
75. 



76. 



P: 


; W :: WF: PF; 


100: 


\ X : : 8 in. : 90 in. 


P; 


: W : : W F : P F ; 


X : 


; 150 : : 4 ft. : 3 ft. 




Ans. 200 lbs., 



Ans. 1125 lbs. 



, lever of 3d class. 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 345 

77. f + I = V) strength of both compared with A. 
210 -^ V = 112 lbs. carried by A ; 210 — 112 = 98 
lbs. carried by B. If B acts as fulcrum and A as 
power, we have 

P : W : : W F : P F ; 
112 : 210 : : cc ft. : 8 feet. 
Performing indicated operation, we have 4:^^ feet as 
the distance the weight is from B ; and 8 — 4^^ = 3|^ 
feet from A. 

78. Since the weight is five times as great as the 
power, the power arm should be five times as long as 
the weight arm ; the weight arm plus 5 times the weight 
arm, or 6 times the weight arm, equals 60 inches, or 
the weight arm equals 10 inches and the power arm 
equals 50 inches. 

79. The lever may be of the 1st or 2nd class. 
Of 1st class: P: W :: WF : P F; 

1 kg. : 4 kg. : : 50 cm. : x cm. 
The power arm, or distance from fulcrum to power, 
is 200 cm., and the length of lever is 200 cm. + 50 
cm. = 250 cm. As a lever of the 2nd class the whole 
length would be 200 cm. 

80. P: W:: d (diam. axle): D (diam. wheel); 
x: 80:: 8 inches : 48 inches. 

Performing operation, a; equals 13^; but since the 
wheel is to be movedy the power must be anything 
greater than 13^ lbs. 

81. P: W:: d: D; 

60 : 540 : : x ft. : 12 ft. Diam. axle, l\ ft. 
1^ ft. X 3.1416 = 4.1888 ft., circumference of axle. 



346 ANSWERS TO QUESTIOXS ON^ PHILOSOPHY. 

82. P: W:: d : D; 

x: 80: : 12 : 2 X 20; power equals 24 lbs. 

83. Since the number of fixed pulleys is one greater 
than the number of movable pulleys, the number of 
cords is one greater than twice the number of mova- 
ble pulleys, or 9 ; and 100 lbs. X 9 = 900 lbs. Ans. 

84. 4X2=8, number of cords. 

1200 Ib.-^ 8 = 150 lbs.; 150 lbs.— 25 lbs. (deducted 
for friction) equals 125 lbs. Ans. 

85. (a) P : W : : h (height) : b (base) ; 

X : GOOO : : 3 ft. : 12 ft. Ans. 1500 lbs. 
(b) (12 ft.)'^=144 sq. ft. 

(3ft.)-= 9 sq. ft. 144 + 9 = 153 ; V"153 
= 12.3+ ft. 

P: AV: : h (height): 1 (length) ; 
x: 6000:: 3 ft: 12.3+ ft. 

Ans. 1463.4+. 
8G. 6 X 12 X X 2 X 3.1416 = 452.3904 inches cir- 
cumference described by power. 
P : W : : d (distance between threads) : c (circum.) ; 
25: X :: ^ inch : 452.3904 in. 

Performing operation, x = 45239.04 lbs. ; subtracting 
200 lbs. for friction, we have 45039.04 lbs. Ans. 

87. Area of the base equals 19.635 sq. feet. 19.635 
X 6 X 62.5 lbs. = 7363.12+ lbs. Ans. 

88. 20 X 100 = 2000 sq. ft. 2000 sq. ft. X 10 (half 
the height) = 20000 cu. ft. ; 62.5 lbs. X 20000 = 
1250000 lbs. Ans. 

89. The water in the vessel stands (V = ) 9 ft. 
deep. The sides subjected to lateral pressure have an 



ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY. 347 

area of [(2 + 2 + 3 + 3) X 9] 90 square feet. 90 
X4:^ = 405, number of cu. feet in a column producing 
lateral pressure. There are (2X3x9)54 cubic feet 
in the vertical column. 405 + 54 = 459 ; 62^ lbs. X 
459 = 28687^ lbs. Ans. 

90. 3 X 4 X 10 = 120 cu. ft. 62J lbs. X 120 = 
7500 lbs. Ans. 

91. The piston will move with a force of (8 X 100) 
800 lbs. The area of the cylinder being 240 times 
greater than that of the piston, the weight will be 240 
times 800 lbs., or 192000 lbs., or 96 tons. 

92. The differences between the freezing and boil- 
ing points of Fahrenheit's, the Centigrade, and Reau- 
mer's thermometers are respectively (212 — 32) 180°, 
100^ and 80° ; hence, V Fahr. = I C. and | R. Sub- 
tracting 32° from 68°, we have 36° Fahr. above the 
freezing point. | of this equals 20° C, and | of it 
equals 16° E. 

93. 88.19 ounces -^11 = 8. 01 + specific gravity. 

94. 16 oz. — 7 oz. = 9 oz. ; 16 oz. — 11 oz. = 5 oz. 
5 H- 9 = 4. Ans. 

95. Combined weight in air, 24 lbs. 
Combined weight in water, 13.712 lbs. 



Weight of water displaced by ice and lead, 10.288 lbs. 
Weight of water displaced by lead, 1.4 lbs. 

Weight of water displaced by ice, 8.888 lbs. 

Specific gravity of ice (8 ^ 8.888) = .9+. Ans. 



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